Renaming the Augustalitas Evolution and New Terminology in the 1st Century AD

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Published: Dec 2, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14232/suc.2024.5.243-272
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Latin epigraphy, seviri Augustales, Roman freedmen, Early Roman Empire, Roman Italy

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Alberto Barrón Ruiz de la Cuesta
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-4124

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The goal of this study is the analysis of the new terms created within the seviratus Augustalis during the 1st century AD, in an attempt to link the Augustalitas to the name of the following emperors and dynasties after the decease of Augustus. In accordance with that tendency, there are preserved examples of seviri Iuliales, seviri Tiberiales, seviri Claudiales, seviri Neronienses, seviri Flaviales, seviri Titiales and seviri Nerviales. They are essentially located in the Italian Peninsula, but their number is scarce in comparison with the better known titles sevir Augustalis, Augustalis, magister Augustalis and sevir. We will observe the epigraphic evidence of these terms, their territorial presence and duration and the main characteristics of their members. Through this inquiry it will be shown how the institution evolved in time and how it was partially transformed before its normalisation in the 2nd century.

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Barrón Ruiz de la Cuesta, A. (2024). Renaming the Augustalitas: Evolution and New Terminology in the 1st Century AD. Sapiens Ubique Civis, 5, 243–272. https://doi.org/10.14232/suc.2024.5.243-272
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Vol. 5 (2024): Sapiens ubique civis V
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Alberto Barrón Ruiz de la Cuesta

has completed a Bachelor’s degree in History (Bachelor Award, University of Cantabria, 2011), three Master’s degrees in Ancient and Middle Age History (University of Cantabria, 2012), Secondary Education (University Isabel I de Castilla, 2018) and Spanish Language Teaching for Foreigners (University of Lleida, 2021) and a PhD in Sciences of Antiquity in the University of Cantabria (2018). He obtained a predoctoral scholarship of the Spanish National program FPU and a postdoctoral contract in the University of Cantabria. He has undertaken research stays at the Institut Ausonius (Bordeaux), the Institute of Classical Studies (London), the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies (Columbus, Ohio), and twice at the Fondation Hardt (Geneva). He is working as a Secondary School and Baccalaureate teacher. His research focuses on Roman Social History and Latin Epigraphy.