Lycian Families in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

Selen Kılıç Aslan, Ph.D. (2020), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, is a research associate at the Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Her research and publications focus on Greek epigraphy of Asia Minor.

Preface

List of Figures, Tables and Maps



Introduction

 1 Geographical Definition of Lycia

 2 Modern Literature on Lycian Families

 3 The Funerary Epigraphy of Lycia in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

 4 Tomb Inscriptions

 5 Commemorative Funerary Inscriptions



1 Kinship and Family

 1.1 Kinship Terminology

 1.2 Lycian Tomb Families

 1.3 Household Structures

 1.4 Kinship and Family Relations



2 Marriage

 2.1 Legitimacy of Marriage

 2.2 Endogamy

 2.3 Exogamy

 Appendix: The Origins of T. Flavius Titianus

 2.4 Dissolution of Marriage and Re-marriage

 2.5 Roman Citizens and matrimonium iustum



3 Children

 3.1 Freeborn Biological Children and the Problem of Legitimacy

 3.2 Adopted Children

 3.3 Other Children Raised in the Household (θρεπτός and Related Terms)



4 Property and Inheritance

 4.1 Terminology and Phraseology Relating to Rights of Inheritance

 4.2 Hereditary Tombs

 4.3 Women and Property

 Appendix 1: The Identity and Familial Stemma of Ktesikles alias Ktasadas

 Appendix 2: The Family of Ptolemaios II, Grandson of Kolalemis

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index