Les prêtresses d’Artémis à Éphèse ( I er siècle av. J.-C.– III e siècle apr. J.-C.) ou comment faire du neuf en prétendant restaurer un état ancien ?

Kirbihler, François

doi:10.3917/dha.hs18.0021

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Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos

Kalinowski

2021

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This is the first book to analyse urban social relations in the eastern Roman Empire through the perspective of one elite family. From the late first to the mid-third century CE, the Vedii and their descendants were magistrates, priests and priestesses of local and imperial cults, and presided over Ephesos' many religious festivals. They were also public benefactors, paying for the construction of public buildings for the pleasure of fellow citizens. This study examines the material evidence of their activities - the buildings with their epigraphic and decorative programs – to show how members of the family created monuments to enhance their own and their family's prestige. It also discusses the inscriptions of the honorific statue monuments raised by the city and its sub-groups for the family in return for their benefactions, arguing that these reflect the community's values and interests as much as they commemorate the benefactors and their families.

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Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos

Kalinowski

2021

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Women in Civic Societies

Stavrianopoulou

2024

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities in the Roman Empire

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A high number of women performed public functions as magistrates, priestesses of the imperial cult, or benefactresses in the cities of the eastern provinces, especially in Asia Minor. This is an epigraphic phenomenon largely unparalleled in other parts of the Roman Empire. It is argued that the new civic roles assumed by (elite) women should be interpreted in the context of the adaptation of the domus Augusta. The introduction of the double priesthood in the imperial cult, a model that was also applied to some civic magistracies and liturgies, led not only to the acceptance of women but also to an understanding of their role as essential to the strengthening of their families. This is reflected both in the difficulty of attributing types of civic munificence solely to women, and in the parallelism of honorific titles for women and men.

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Ephesos

Kirbihler

2024

The Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities in the Roman Empire

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Ephesos, one of the best-documented big cities of the Greek world, came into contact with Rome in the 2nd century bc and became the capital of the province of Asia c. 85/4 bc. After various difficult phases in the 1st century bc, the reign of Augustus marked a turning point for the city. Between Augustus and the Severan dynasty, this polis underwent a substantial urban and monumental expansion. Its demography changed as well, as native Greeks and Italian immigrants gradually merged. The leading elite families engaged in a high level of civic and euergetic activity: a high number of magistracies and individual magistrates can be identified in Imperial Ephesos, and some members of the local elite eventually joined the equestrian and senatorial aristocracies. As a major harbour city, it experienced a more marked Roman influence and control than other cities of the province.

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Les prêtresses d’Artémis à Éphèse ( I er siècle av. J.-C.– III e siècle apr. J.-C.) ou comment faire du neuf en prétendant restaurer un état ancien ?

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos

Memory, Family, and Community in Roman Ephesos

Women in Civic Societies

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