Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/RadoviZHP.51.16
Life companions of Roman soldiers mentioned on the funerary inscriptions from Salona during the time of the Principate (Summary)
Ivan Matijević
Abstract
The paper analyzes 136 soldiers’ inscriptions from Salona from the time of the principate, which, in addition to the name of a soldier or veteran, contain the name of one or more persons. At least 190 persons related to soldiers and veterans were mentioned in various contexts. Most often, it is their wives (coniunx, uxor) with whom they had children, then the freedmen and freedwoman named or by the usual syntagm (lib. libertabusque), parents, blood brothers, sisters, brothers in arms, friends, slaves, hospitae... Some of them are also listed as heirs of deceased soldiers and veterans. Only few inscriptions don’t indicate the character of the relationship between a soldier and a person, but it can still be assumed. An attempt was made to determine who commemorated whom, and the analysis of the names should make it possible to determine the origin of these persons and their social status.
Keywords
Salona; tombstones; Roman army; soldier; veteran; contubernalis; family; familia; relatives; freedman
Hrčak ID:
236004
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Publication date:
16.12.2019.
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