Epigrafia

recensione del volume: M. Sgarlata, La raccolta epigrafica e l'epistolario archeologico di Cesare Gaetani, Conte della Torre, Università degli Studi di Palermo 1993, in Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana (Città del Vaticano) anno LXXIV, 1998, 2, pp. 593-597

A ‘Lex Iulia de Collegiis’? A Critical Appraisal of a Scholarly Paradigm.
This article is a critical review of the most widespread doctrine regarding the content of the lex Iulia de collegiis and its application in the early Principate. The majority of scholars believe that this law provided for a general system of authorization of the associations. The sources often cited to prove this theory have been reviewed and it is demonstrated that repressive interventions are not because of the application of the lex Iulia de collegiis, but for the application of criminal law, in primis the lex de vi.

Questo contributo è una rassegna delle iscrizioni romane conservate presso Villa Maraini (Istituto Svizzero di Roma), acquistate sul mercato antiquario a inizio Novecento. Tre iscrizioni sono edite (due urbane e una di Lanuvium; due di esse erano considerate perdute) e una è inedita. Una quinta epigrafe (addendum) è forse una falsa.

Nelle strade di Roma non solo ci sono manifesti, cartelli pubblicitari o targhe con i nomi delle vie, ma si possono anche leggere alcuni di quei testi che i Romani incisero oltre duemila anni fa. Per esempio il nome di Agrippa sulla facciata del Pantheon o dell’imperatore Tito sull’arco trionfale del foro. Furono gli antichi Romani che per la prima volta impiegarono in forma assidua questo tipo di testi incisi sulla pietra. Essi li chiamarono tituli e noi li conosciamo come iscrizioni. Si incisero sopra materiale duraturo per garantirne la continuità e si ubicarono in spazi pubblici per favorire la loro diffusione. Inoltre si sviluppò un tipo di lettera idonea per essere incisa sulla pietra, la capitalis quadrata, che si caratterizza per la sua eleganza e leggibilità. Questa scrittura monumentale si utilizzò per creare messaggi solenni e immortali, tanto popolari che finirono per affollare la città di Roma.
Questo libro spiega il motivo e la funzione di queste iscrizioni, attraverso le opinioni degli stessi Romani - Cicerone, Plinio ed altri - e le illustra con alcuni degli esempi più notabili che ancora si possono incontrare per le strade di Roma

PEAI project: Public Epigraphy in Ancient Italy (III-I BC)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement Nº 794476

Collana/Rivista: EPIGRAPHEIN
Casa Editrice: Arbor Sapientiae Editore - Roma
ISBN: 978-88-31341-26-4
In 8°, 50 pp. ill.ni a coll.

On the streets of Rome there are not only posters, advertising hoardings or plaques bearing the names of avenues, but you can also read texts that were written two thousand years ago. For example, you can find the name of Agrippa on the Pantheon’s façade, or that of the Emperor Titus on the triumphal arch in the Forum. The Romans were the first to use these types of texts engraved on stone consistently. They called them tituli and today they are known as inscriptions. They were engraved on durable materials to ensure their survival and they were placed in public spaces to maximize the circulation of their message. The Romans even developed the ideal script for writing on stone, capitalis quadrata, which is characterized by its elegance and legibility. This monumental form of writing was used to create solemn timeless messages, that became so popular they ended up inundating the city of Rome.

This book explains why the Romans used these inscriptions and what they were used for. To do so it draws on the views of the Romans themselves – Cicero and Pliny amongst others – , which are illustrated with some of the most renowned inscriptions that can still be found on the streets of Rome.

PEAI project: Public Epigraphy in Ancient Italy (III-I BC)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement Nº 794476
This publication provides a didactic summary of the theoretical aspects within this project, specifically, the concept of public epigraphy, accompanied by examples of inscriptions in the ancient period that visitors may find within the city. Nine inscriptions were selected as illustrative instances of Latin inscriptions still visible in Roman streets: 1. Pons Fabricius, 2. Caecilia Metella funerary monument, 3. funerary monument to Gaius Cestius, 4. the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, 5. the Arch of Titus, 6. the Arch of Septimius Severus, 7. the Arch of Constantine, 8. Pantheon and 9. Trajan’s column.

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Epigraphein 1
Ignacio Simon Cornago
2020
Arbor Sapientiae Editore - Roma
ISBN: 978-88-31341-26-4

This paper aims to reconstruct the origins of the so-called Decretum Rubiconis (CIL XI 30*) and the ancient sources that inspired it (Cicero’s Philippics; Vergil; Seneca; the lex de imperio Vespasiani). The text was significantly manipulated by Ciriaco de’ Pizzicolli before the mid 15th century and was identified as false already by Antonio Agustín (Diálogos, 1587). Despite this prompt identification, the forged epigraphic document had a wide circulation in the manuscript tradition and (at least) two different engravings after the 16th century. A copy of the inscription is now kept in the Museum of Cesena.

El conjunto epigráfico begastrense es sin duda alguna uno de los más numerosos de la actual provincia de Murda, superado tan sólo por Cartagena y Fortuna. En el siglo XVDl el Padre P.M. OrLega citaba ya las fichas de Martín de Ambel (s. XVII) en su Descripción corográfica
de la Villa de Cehegín. Recientemente los documentos de este último se hallan en prensa a cargo de José Moya Cuenca.