Seven New Inscriptions from Tripolitania

Brogan, Olwen; Reynolds, Joyce

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“…55 Two further examples, from the Wadi Sofeggin and Wadi Zemzem, were published in 1955 ; 5 6 and three more, one partially in Latin, from other wadis in i960. 57 Subsequently, however, G. Levi della Vida showed that at least substantial parts of many of these inscriptions could actually be read as Punic, even if somewhat debased Punic. 58 The demonstration seems incontrovertible, and three more such inscriptions published since have been interpreted in the light of it.…”

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Local Cultures in the Roman Empire: Libyan, Punic and Latin in Roman Africa

Millar¹

1968

J. Rom. Stud.

147

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No subject in the history of the Roman Empire has more significance or more pitfalls than that of the local cultures of the provinces. The evidence is in each case, with the exception of Judaea and Egypt, relatively slight, disparate and ambiguous. But, on the one hand, the subject has very real attractions, which may lead to the building of vast but fragile historical theories, attempting to bring the distinctive culture of an area into a schematic relationship with events such as political movements or the spread of Christianity. On the other, we can never escape the possibility that the denial of the survival of a significant local culture may be falsified by new evidence; even worse, a local culture may have existed in a form which left no written records or datable artefacts.Yet the problem must be faced, not only for the intrinsic interest which such cultures present, but for the light the enquiry sheds on Graeco-Roman civilization itself. We might conclude for one area that Graeco-Roman culture remained the merest façade, for another that it completely obliterated a native culture. More commonly, we will find a mixture or co-existence of cultures. In such a situation, again, the local element might have been culturally and socially insignificant, or, as it was in Egypt and in Judaea, embodied in a coherent traditional civilization with its own language, literature, customs, religion and (in Egypt) art-forms.

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Local Cultures in the Roman Empire: Libyan, Punic and Latin in Roman Africa

Millar¹

1968

J. Rom. Stud.

147

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IRT895 and 896: Two inscriptions from Gheriat el-Garbia

Mattingly¹

1985

Libyan stud.

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IRT 895 refers to the construction of a burgus at Gheriat in the reign of Severus Alexander. From its location when first discovered it is clear that it related to the building of the circular tower about 1 km north-east of the fort and not to the fort itself. Up until now the tower has generally been considered of post-Roman date. IRT 896 refers to repairs to the fort under Gordian III. A suggestion is made about the garrison of Gheriat at that date and the history of this unit, the cohors I Syrorum sagittariorum, is reviewed.

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The Reinterpretation of Latino-Punic Inscriptions from Roman Tripolitania

Elmayer

1984

Libyan stud.

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Nine Latino-Punic inscriptions from Roman Tripolitania are discussed in detail, and their wider context discussed. Not only do they attest to the prevalence of the Punic language in Roman Tripolitania, but also provide interesting data about the Neo-Punic language. They also shed light on the history of the ancient Roman province of Tripolitania and the Roman military and civil organisation in the zone of the ‘limes’.

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Seven New Inscriptions from Tripolitania

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Local Cultures in the Roman Empire: Libyan, Punic and Latin in Roman Africa

Local Cultures in the Roman Empire: Libyan, Punic and Latin in Roman Africa

IRT895 and 896: Two inscriptions from Gheriat el-Garbia

The Reinterpretation of Latino-Punic Inscriptions from Roman Tripolitania

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