Élite Families and gentes in the Biedano Region. The 7th to the 2nd Centuries BC
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https://doi.org/10.54103/2037-4488/30295Keywords:
Etruscan families, Blera, Etruscan prosopography, Etruscan gentiliciaAbstract
This paper explores the composition of the extended family, the gens, in the Etruscan minor town of Blera, and surrounding territory, the Biedano region (Province of Viterbo). The aim is to study the inscriptions of the area in order to survey the leading families. Two major events can be noted: firstly, two alterations in the composition of the leading families, one in the first half of the Subarchaic period (c. 480-400 BC), the other in the late Republican period (1st century BC); on both occasions new gentilicia emerge while older ones disappear. Secondly, the inscriptions indicate a shift of location, from the south part of the region in the Archaic period, to the north part in the Hellenistic and Republican periods.
L’articolo esplora la composizione della famiglia estesa, la gens, nel centro minore etrusco di Blera e nel territorio circostante, la regione del Biedano (provincia di Viterbo). L’obiettivo è quello di studiare le iscrizioni dell’area al fine di tracciare le famiglie principali. Si possono notare due eventi principali: in primo luogo, due alterazioni nella composizione delle famiglie principali, una nella prima metà del periodo subarcaico (circa 480-400 a.C.), l’altra nel tardo periodo repubblicano (I secolo a.C.); in entrambe le occasioni nuovi gentilizi emersero mentre quelli più antichi scomparvero. In secondo luogo, le iscrizioni indicano uno spostamento di localizzazione, dal sud della regione in età arcaica, al nord in età ellenistica e repubblicana.
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