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- Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- 1 Community, Identity, and Memory in Roman Ephesos
- 2 The Vedii: A Family’s History in Ephesos
- 3 “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” The Vedii and the Goddess of Ephesos
- 4 Fun and Games in Roman Ephesos: The Vedii, the Agonistic Festivals, and the Imperial Cult
- 5 The Vedii and the Associations of Ephesos
- 6 The Vedii and Their Civic Buildings in Ephesos
- Conclusions The Vedii: A Family’s Place in the Community and in the Commemorative Landscape of Ephesos
- Appendix Who’s Who among the Ephesian Vedii and Flavii Vedii
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index of Inscriptions
1 - Community, Identity, and Memory in Roman Ephesos
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2021
- Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos
- 1 Community, Identity, and Memory in Roman Ephesos
- 2 The Vedii: A Family’s History in Ephesos
- 3 “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” The Vedii and the Goddess of Ephesos
- 4 Fun and Games in Roman Ephesos: The Vedii, the Agonistic Festivals, and the Imperial Cult
- 5 The Vedii and the Associations of Ephesos
- 6 The Vedii and Their Civic Buildings in Ephesos
- Conclusions The Vedii: A Family’s Place in the Community and in the Commemorative Landscape of Ephesos
- Appendix Who’s Who among the Ephesian Vedii and Flavii Vedii
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Index of Inscriptions
Summary
This chapter argues that Ephesos was a milieu de mémoire in the Noran sense, and that ancient Ephesians experienced its monuments (i.e buildings and inscriptions) in a way that elided distinctions between the past, present, and future. The material products of euergetism or public benefaction, that is, builidngs and statue monuments, embodied individual, family, and civic identities, and commemorated them in the landscape of the city.
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- Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos , pp. 10 - 43Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021