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Vienna—Ephesus Museum |
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Austrian archaeologists have for the past century been at the forefront of excavations in modern Turkey. The Parthian Monument is the most important relief frieze from Roman times ever found in Asia Minor & was erected on the occasion of the victorious conclusion of the Parthian wars (161-165 A.D.) to commemorate the Emperor Lucius Verus, commander of the Roman forces, who had set up his headquarters in Ephesus. The Emperor is glorified in a series of five scenes: his adoption by Antoninus Pius in 138; Lucius Verus in battle; as Emperor with the personifications of the most important cities of the Empire; enthroned among the gods; his apotheosis.
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