The volume systematically analyses the tradition of cognomina ex virtute in its progressive development from the Republican origins to the Augustan age: the focus of the investigation is the so-called cognomina devictarum gentium, the appellations that, formulated on the name of the region or population under subjugation, were assumed by the general responsible for the military conquest to exalt its glory. Starting from the first attestations dating back to the 5th century B.C., the discussion follows chronologically the evolution that this onomastic element underwent between the 4th and 1st centuries, highlighting its most salient features: conceived in a private and familiar context, the cognomina ex virtute became over time an honorary instrument aimed at satisfying the identity needs of some of the most eminent gentes in the context of the heated competition that animated the Roman ruling class. A concluding look at the Augustan age, during which certain republican celebratory customs persisted alongside the emergence of new dynamics resulting from institutional change, allows us to arrive at a more complete understanding of the subject.
Il volume analizza in maniera sistematica la tradizione dei cognomina ex virtute nel suo progressivo sviluppo dalle origini repubblicane all’età augustea: fulcro dell’indagine sono i cosiddetti cognomina devictarum gentium, gli appellativi che, formulati sul nome della regione o della popolazione sottomessa, venivano assunti dal generale responsabile della conquista militare per esaltarne la gloria. A partire dalle prime attestazioni risalenti al V secolo a.C., la trattazione segue cronologicamente l’evoluzione che tale elemento onomastico conobbe tra il IV e il I, mettendone in luce le caratteristiche più salienti: concepiti in un contesto privato e familiare, i cognomina ex virtute divennero nel tempo strumento onorifico finalizzato a soddisfare le esigenze identitarie e identificative di alcune delle gentes più eminenti nel contesto dell'accesa competizione che animava la classe dirigente romana. Lo sguardo conclusivo sull’età augustea, durante la quale talune consuetudini celebrative repubblicane persistettero accanto all’insorgenza di nuove dinamiche conseguenti al cambiamento istituzionale, consente di giungere ad una comprensione più completa del tema.
Dieci, V., La tradizione dei cognomina ex virtute dalle origini repubblicane all'età augustea, Edizioni dell'Orso srl, Alessandria 2024: 384 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/294117]
La tradizione dei cognomina ex virtute dalle origini repubblicane all'età augustea
Dieci, Valeria
2024
Abstract
The volume systematically analyses the tradition of cognomina ex virtute in its progressive development from the Republican origins to the Augustan age: the focus of the investigation is the so-called cognomina devictarum gentium, the appellations that, formulated on the name of the region or population under subjugation, were assumed by the general responsible for the military conquest to exalt its glory. Starting from the first attestations dating back to the 5th century B.C., the discussion follows chronologically the evolution that this onomastic element underwent between the 4th and 1st centuries, highlighting its most salient features: conceived in a private and familiar context, the cognomina ex virtute became over time an honorary instrument aimed at satisfying the identity needs of some of the most eminent gentes in the context of the heated competition that animated the Roman ruling class. A concluding look at the Augustan age, during which certain republican celebratory customs persisted alongside the emergence of new dynamics resulting from institutional change, allows us to arrive at a more complete understanding of the subject.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.