Emona: A City of the Empire
Exhibition Catalogue
The exhibition catalogue published to mark the 2,000th anniversary of Emona – the first urban settlement of Ljubljana – and accompanying the exhibition Emona: A City of the Empire offers in-depth articles that highlight urbanity and monumentality as the key transformations Emona introduced into the Ljubljana area. It also presents previously unpublished results from recent archaeological excavations and concludes with an examination of the prestige and misuse of Emona’s rich heritage in the 20th century.
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“The world of Emona, the ancient predecessor of Slovenia’s capital, has been the focal point of the City Museum of Ljubljana’s efforts from its outset in terms of collecting and studying the related materials. The archaeological research that was particularly intense in the second half of last century and more recently has managed to reveal many a secret about the beginnings of habitation in the area of what is today Ljubljana. With museum presentations of this particular period being a constant of our past work, the “Emona: A City of the Empire” show is the logical result of both our past activities and new insights into the time and space of the Antiquity along with its bearing on the present.”
(from the introducion text by Blaž Peršin)
Publisher: Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, for the publisher: Blaž Peršin, Director
Edited by: Mojca Ferle
Editorial board: Mojca Ferle, Irena Žmuc, Bernarda Županek
Forewords: Rossella Franchini Sherifis, Uroš Grilc, Zoran Janković, Blaž Peršin
Authors of texts:
Iris Bekljanov Zidanšek, Andrej Gaspari, Jure Krajšek, Rene Masaryk,
Alenka Miškec, Matjaž Novšak, Božidar Slapšak, Marjeta Šašel Kos,
Paola Ventura, Petra Vojaković, Špela Tomažinčič,
Irena Žmuc, Bernarda Županek
Texts in the object catalogue:
Matjaž Bizjak, Maja Gutman, Martina Lesar Kikelj, Sabina Kramar,
Monika Osvald, Emilia Talamo, Katarina Toman Kracina,
Mojca Vomer Gojkovič, Katarina Žagar,
Irena Žmuc, Bernarda Županek
Object catalogue technical editors: Špela Špoljar Ocvirk, Janja Gojkovič
Design and layout: Novi kolektivizem
Design assistant: Ana Kogovšek
Language editing (Slovene): Alenka Klemenc
English translation: Marjana Karer, Maja Visenjak Limon
Italian translation: Milan Stepanovič, Studio Phi d. o. o.
Language editing (English): Murray Bales, David Limon, Barbara Smith Demo
Photography:
Matevž Paternoster and Arhiv Arhej d. o. o.; David Badovinac;
Mate Božinović; Magelan Group Documentation;
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia;
Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini;
Aleš Ogorelec; Wikipedia;
Irena Žmuc
Plans, drawings, floor plan reconstructions, computer graphics:
Mateja Belak, CPA, ZVKDS; Andrej Gaspari; Rene Masaryk;
Dimitrij Mlekuž; Bernarda Županek;
Petra Vojaković; Mate Božinović; Larisa Skalerič, Arhej d. o. o.;
Luka Šorli
Digitisation: Matej Satler, MGML and NUK
ISBN: 978-961-6509-38-1