Social Interactions and Status Markers in the Roman World (Archaeopress Roman Archaeology)

In 2016, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, some forty scholars from around the world attended the People of the Ancient World conference. This was organized within the framework of the Romans 1 by 1 project, and its main focus was on improving knowledge on ancient populations, employing a variety of methodologies, tools and research techniques. The presentations provided the editors with ten papers to be further developed and reunited under these covers. They encompass diverse approaches to Roman provincial populations and the corresponding case-studies highlight the multi-faceted character of Roman society. The volume takes four main directions: prosopography (from Italy to Spain); ancient professions and professionals (merchants in Noricum, Lower Moesia, general nomenclature and encoding of professions, associations and family life); onomastics and origins, and finally, the military (iconography of funerary monunments and centurions’ social life). The publication is intended, on one hand, to enhance knowledge of the diversity of Roman social standings, of the exhibited social markers and – perhaps most important – stress the variety of forms which express status and place within the community, and on the other, to reiterate a series of fresh, modern views on these matters, resulting from a gathering of mostly junior researchers. Table of Contents Foreword The Barbii, trade in Noricum and the influence of the local epigraphic habit on status display – by Markus Zimmermann The professionals of the Latin West – by Rada Varga Latin Occupational Titles in Roman Textile Trade – by Iulia Dumitrache The professions of private slaves and freedmen in Moesia Inferior – by Lucrețiu Mihăilescu-Bîrliba Prosopography of the Leading Families of Larinum in the Roman period – by Elizabeth C. Robinson The kindred dimension of the Black Sea associations: between fictive and real meaning – by Pázsint Annamária – Izabella Tarraco. Town and society in a 2nd century AD Roman provincial capital – by Diana Gorostidi, Ricardo Mar and Joaquín Ruiz de Arbulo Soldiers and their monuments for posterity. Manifestations of martial identity in the funerary iconography of Roman Dacia – by Monica Gui, Dávid Petruț Origo as identity factor in Roman epitaphs – by Tibor Grüll Centurions: Military or Social Elite? – by George Cupcea In 2016, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, some forty scholars from around the world attended the People of the Ancient World conference. This was organized within the framework of the Romans 1 by 1 project, and its main focus was on improving knowledge on ancient populations, employing a variety of methodologies, tools and research techniques. The presentations provided the editors with ten papers to be further developed and reunited under these covers. They encompass diverse approaches to Roman provincial populations and the corresponding case-studies highlight the multi-faceted character of Roman society. The volume takes four main directions: prosopography (from Italy to Spain); ancient professions and professionals (merchants in Noricum, Lower Moesia, general nomenclature and encoding of professions, associations and family life); onomastics and origins, and finally, the military (iconography of funerary monuments and centurions’ social life). The publication is intended, on one hand, to enhance knowledge of the diversity of Roman social standings, of the exhibited social markers and – perhaps most important – stress the variety of forms which express status and place within the community, and on the other, to reiterate a series of fresh, modern views on these matters, resulting from a gathering of mostly junior researchers. About the Authors GEORGE CUPCEA is a researcher at the National History Museum of Transylvania and Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. His interests lie in the field of Latin epigraphy, Roman military history, especially the hierarchy of the Roman army. He also specialises in Roman provincial archaeology, especially non-invasive techniques and he is working on the enlistment process of the Dacian frontier in the UNESCO World Heritage List, as part of the trans-national FRE site. RADA VARGA is a researcher at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and specialises on digital epigraphy, ancient population studies, Roman occupations and professions. She is the coordinator of the project that hosted the conference (http://romans1by1.com), and also directs the archaeological excavations in the civil settlement of the auxiliary fort of Războieni (Ad Batavos), Dacia. _GoBack 22 OLE_LINK1 63 OLE_LINK2 63 _GoBack 92 _Hlk480624130 114 _GoBack 119 _GoBack 161 Notes on contributors 9 Foreword 15 The Barbii, trade in Noricum and the influence of the local epigraphic habit on status display 17 Markus Zimmermann 17 Traders of Noricum 17 The Barbii 19 Concluding remarks 22 References 23 The professionals of the Latin West. 25 Rada Varga 25 The problem 25 State of research 26 The encoding 29 Conclusions and future prospects 32 References 36 Latin Occupational Titles in Roman Textile Trade 39 Iulia Dumitrache 39 Methodology 39 Luxury garments traders: barbaricarii, sericarii, purpurarii 40 Linen garments traders 46 Wool garments traders: panucularii, lanarii, centonarii, paenularii, sagarii, vestiarii 49 Conclusions 59 Acknowledgements 59 References 60 The professions of private slaves and freedmen in Moesia Inferior 63 Introduction 63 The epigraphic record 63 The language of inscriptions and the dedicators 67 Conclusions 70 References 71 Prosopography of the Leading Families of Larinum in the Roman period 73 Elizabeth C. Robinson 73 Introduction 73 The Cluentii 75 The Didii and the Paquii 77 The Papii 81 The Vibii 81 The careers of the first five families 84 Newly prominent families under the Roman Empire 85 The Raii 85 The Coelii 87 The Gabbii 89 The careers of the last three families 90 Conclusions 90 References 92 The kindred dimension of the Black Sea associations: between fictive and real meaning 95 Pázsint Annamária – Izabella 95 Fictive familial language 95 Mater 97 Pater 97 Adelphos 99 Familial engagement in associations 100 Conclusions 104 References 105 Tarraco. Town and society in a 2nd century AD Roman provincial capital 107 Diana Gorostidi, Ricardo Mar and Joaquín Ruiz de Arbulo 107 Tarraco in the 2nd century AD 112 Soldiers and civil society. The veterans of the VII Gemina legion settled in Tarraco 114 Immigrants in Tarraco: the epigraphic evidence of Africani 116 The urban society of Tarraco. Some given names 117 Town and territory: Tarraco society in its suburban villas 118 References 124 Soldiers and their monuments for posterity. Manifestations of martial identity in the funerary iconography of Roman Dacia 131 Monica Gui, Dávid Petruț 131 Cuirassed representations 132 Soldiers in battle gear 137 Riders 139 Soldiers in camp dress 144 The funerary banquet scene (Totenmahl) 146 Cloaked representations 150 Conclusions 151 Acknowledgements 151 References 152 Origo as identity factor in Roman epitaphs 155 Tibor Grüll 155 Civis 155 Domo 157 Natione 159 Conclusions 161 References 163 Centurions: Military or Social Elite? 167 George Cupcea 167 Questions 167 Why centurions? 167 Are centurions soldiers? 169 ‘Political’ centurions 171 Centurions as judges 173 Centurions in culture and religion 175 Conclusions 177 References 178 Roman,Social,Roman Empire,Romania,Conference,Prosopography,onosmatics,Military Proceedings from the 'People of the Ancient World' conference held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2016. Ten papers encompass diverse approaches to Roman provincial populations and the corresponding case-studies highlight the multi-faceted character of Roman society.