Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and Around the Ancient Mediterranean

ISBN-13: 9781108726351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 376 str.

Clackson, James

Opis

Uses epigraphic and linguistic evidence to track movements of people around the ancient Mediterranean.

Spis treści

1. Introduction James Clackson, Patrick James, Katherine McDonald, Livia Tagliapatra and Nicholas Zair; 2. Inter-ethnic mobility in pre-Roman Etruria: the contribution of onomastics Daniele F. Maras; 3. Elusive migrants of ancient Italy Elena Isayev; 4. The language of mobile craftsmen in the Western Mediterranean Katherine McDonald and James Clackson; 5. Lost – and found – in transmission: the creation of the Oscan alphabet Karin W. Tikkanen; 6. Mobility and orthography: a contextualisation of variant spellings in the Oscan inscriptions in the Greek alphabet Livia Tagliapietra; 7. The Mamertini in Messina: mobility, migration and mercenaries Nicholas Zair; 8. Migration, identity, and multilingualism in Late Hellenistic Delos Francesco Rovai; 9. Interpretes, negotiatores and the Roman army: mobile professionals and their languages Rachel Mairs; 10. 'HOC PRIMVS VENIT': Italians and others in Egypt before the Caesars Patrick James; 11. Population, migration and language in the city of Rome Olivia Elder.