Gate of Mazaeus and Mithridates (Ephesus, Turkey) : Detail above the south portico, showing Latin inscription
- Creator:
- unknown (Ancient Roman)
- Published/Created:
- variant, Ephesos, Ephesus, Aegean Region, Turkey
ca. 40 CE - Date Depicted:
- 10/15/1997
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- The gate with three passage ways at the right of the Celsus Library was built in 40 A.D by the emancipated slaves Mazeus and Mythridates for their emperor, Augustus, who gave them their freedom. The passages are vaulted, the front side of the vault facing the Celsus Library is made of black marble, while the other side is white. A Latin inscription with inlaid letters made of bronze is still visible on one side of the structure. Part of the inscription states: From the Emperor Caesar Augustus, the son of the god, the greatest of the priests, who was consul twelve and tribune twenty times; and the wife of August Livia; the son of Lucus, Marc Agrippa who was consul three times, Emperor, and tribune six times; and the daughter of Julio Caesar Augustus, Mazeus and Mythridates to their master and the people." The small area in front of the gate was used as an auditorium. The steps around the gate, in front of the library and the round pedestal were used as seats. In Byzantine Period, the walls in the small area were built when the city walls were reduced in length.
- Variant Titles:
- Ephesos: Gate of Mazaeus and Mithridates
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Roman -- (YVRC)
- Culture:
- Roman
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-R-T-E-6-C4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
city gates (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Monuments; Roman Empire; Augustus carving ; construction built works; city gates; built works; monuments; complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Three
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/15/1997 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10160416
- PID:
- digcoll:1834618