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2.13 CIL VI, 1958a: Latin Funerary Inscription, Rome (First Half of First Century BCE) (Fig. 6)
ОглавлениеFigure 6 The funerary monument of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces, 100–50 BCE, Rome; image provided under CC BY licence from Wikimedia Commons.
Roman freedpersons involved in crafts and trade often achieved wealth, which they tried to convert into social prestige. Roman slaves commonly bore Greek names, which they kept as their cognomina after they were manumitted, but freeborn Roman citizens could also have Greek names as cognomina. Eurysaces is a Greek name.
Literature: Petersen 2006: 84–122.
[This is the monu]ment of Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces, baker, contractor. It is evident!
What is depicted on the reliefs of this monument? What can we learn about the identity of the deceased from them?
How does the deceased identify himself?
Can we establish whether Eurysaces was a former slave? Apart from his Greek cognomen, are there other reasons to assume he had been a slave?
