Abstract
Abstract In recent years, images of rage against monuments have filled the media. Unmistakably expressing a high degree of tension in societies, these forms of hostility against heritage have been diversely interpreted, prompting passionate expressions of support as well as fierce criticism. Contesting public memorials, however, is not a new form of socio-political dissent. During Late Antiquity, for example, a new sensibility towards ancient monuments emerged in the vast territories that were once part of the Roman Empire. In this article, the late-antique fate of the so-called ‘temple of Hadrian’ at Ephesus is analysed as a case-study. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the approaches adopted to accommodate traditional monumental landscapes in the changed late-antique socio-political context. This analysis offers a new perspective on ancient and contemporary phenomena of contestations of monuments.
Highlights
At the centre of the depiction, a plausible representation of the emperor Trajan as divus, with the attributes of the goddess Artemis, and surrounded by a traditional gods, heroes and aristocrats of Ephesian importance photo by the author, october 2019 figure 5 Detail of the relief originally decorating the Nord-East side of the pronaos of the ‘temple of Hadrian’ at Ephesus
Inventing Traditions.” In The Invention of Tradition, eds
During Late Antiquity, for example, a new sensibility towards ancient monuments emerged in the vast territories that were once part of the Roman Empire
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