The great mosaic emblem found in Smirat and exposed in the Museum of Sousse is certainly one of the hermeneutical keys for understanding the phenomenon of African sodalitates and their significance in the organizational system of the venationes. The importance of the mosaic is heightened by the mixture, inside it, of pictures and inscriptions, one of which is of considerable length: images and inscriptions thus contribute to evoke precisely this act of municipal evergetism, simultaneously glorifying the dominus and editor of a show whose real performance is out of doubt. This essay runs therefore along the dual slope of the iconographic and epigraphic study, thereby contributing both to the construction of an updated synthesis on this document, and to the solution of some of its interpretative problems, particularly about the world of the African sodalitates.
L’epigrafia anfiteatrale dell’Africa tra venationes e sodalitates: l’apporto del mosaico di Smirat / Ibba, Antonio; Teatini, Alessandro. - In: CARTAGINE. STUDI E RICERCHE. - ISSN 2532-1110. - I:(2016), pp. 1-33. [10.13125/caster/2492]
L’epigrafia anfiteatrale dell’Africa tra venationes e sodalitates: l’apporto del mosaico di Smirat
IBBA, Antonio
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;TEATINI, Alessandro
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2016-01-01
Abstract
The great mosaic emblem found in Smirat and exposed in the Museum of Sousse is certainly one of the hermeneutical keys for understanding the phenomenon of African sodalitates and their significance in the organizational system of the venationes. The importance of the mosaic is heightened by the mixture, inside it, of pictures and inscriptions, one of which is of considerable length: images and inscriptions thus contribute to evoke precisely this act of municipal evergetism, simultaneously glorifying the dominus and editor of a show whose real performance is out of doubt. This essay runs therefore along the dual slope of the iconographic and epigraphic study, thereby contributing both to the construction of an updated synthesis on this document, and to the solution of some of its interpretative problems, particularly about the world of the African sodalitates.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.