Eastern Roman Libraries as Heroa. Cultural evergetism and family propaganda

Authors

  • Jorge Garcia Sanchez Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Antonio López García Università degli Studi di Firenze

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.28.2015.15046

Keywords:

Heroa, Roman Libraries, Ephesus, Nysa

Abstract

The phenomenon of evergetism in Roman East presents a series of particularities linked to the socio-cultural idiosyncrasies inherited from Hellenism, wich rarely find similarities in the Western provinces. One of these specificities lies in the adoption of the Imperial Rome practice of founding public libraries, but with the both functionality intellectual and funeral. These monuments glorified the dead’s memory giving him an heroic status, while stated the privileged status of dedicants and reinforced their adherence to civic elite. This study deals with some aspects related to the few archaeological examples known, eminently the libraries from Ephesus and Nysa, as well as its comparison with other similar institutions from Greece and Asia Minor.

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Author Biography

Jorge Garcia Sanchez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Investigador Ramón y Cajal del Departamento de Cencias y Técnicas Historiográficas de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la UCM

Published

2016-04-05

How to Cite

Garcia Sanchez, J., & López García, A. (2016). Eastern Roman Libraries as Heroa. Cultural evergetism and family propaganda. Espacio Tiempo Y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, (28), 39–64. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.28.2015.15046

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