Ursula Quatember

University of Vienna | UniWien

T. Flavius Damianus was one of the most prominent citizens of Ephesos during the second half of the 2nd century A.D. Linked by marriage to the famous family of the Vedii, Damianus is known from many inscriptions found throughout the city. Damianus’ biography also forms part of the »Life of the Sophists« a work by Flavius Philostratos, from the midd...

The so-called Octagon and the Hadrian’s Temple are two prominent buildings in the city center of Roman Ephesus. The Octagon, a monumental tomb monument from the first century B.C., is possibly the grave of the Ptolemaic princess Arsinoe IV, sister of the famous Cleopatra VII. Research on this building was started in 2005. The Hadrian’s Temple was r...

The present volume consists of the peer-reviewed papers presented at the CAA2011 conference held in Beijing, China between April 12 and 16, 2011. The theme of this conference was -Revive the Past, which means retrieving our history and using it to help create a new civilization. It was a great honour to organize the conference where over 130 resear...

Im Rahmen des Publikationskonzeptes des Hanghauses 2 erfolgt auch eine Bearbeitung des ‚Marmorinventars', 1 d. h. der Gefäße und Geräte aus Marmor, Bunt-und sonstigen Gesteinen. Es handelt sich bei dieser Gruppe hauptsächlich um Mobiliar (vor allem Tische, Bank-und Bek-kenstützen), Nutz-und Dekorgefäße, Stößel, Gewichte und Mühlen bzw. diesen Grupp...

Everything about the socalled Alytarches Stoa on the Curetes Street in Ephesos...

In 2003 a substantial deposit of heavily fragmented shells of purple snails was by chance located at the site of Andriake, the ancient port of the Lycian city of Myra near Demre, in southern Turkey. The archaeozoological and archaeological record of a survey project in 2004 proved the identification of a large installation for the production of pur...