Sintesi sull’onomastica romana in Sardegna

FLORIS, PIERGIORGIO

2010-01-01

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Abstract

Overview of the anthroponimic evidence of Sardinia between the time of the Roman conquest (238-237 BC) and the third century AD. In the paper are taken into account the different onomastic traditions active in the island, from the indigenous one, heir of the Nuragic period, to the Semitic and Lybic ones, resulting by the persistent vitality of customs dating back to the Phoenician and Punic times, to the Latin one, with in particular a discussion of issues relating respectively to nomina and cognomina, to the Greek one and to that originating from other geographical areas of the ancient world (personal names coming from the Iberian Peninsula, and others Aquitanian, Celtic, Dalmatic and Thracian), whose spread in Sardinia was, at least in some cases, fostered by the presence of units of the Roman army recruited in these regions.