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

Description

Migration, Mobility and Language Contact in and around the Ancient Mediterranean is the first volume to show the different ways in which surviving linguistic evidence can be used to track movements of people in the ancient world. Eleven chapters cover a number of case studies, which span the period from the seventh century BC to the fourth century AD, ranging from Spain to Egypt, from Sicily to Pannonia. The book includes detailed study of epigraphic and literary evidence written in Latin and Greek, as well as work on languages which are not so well documented, such as Etruscan and Oscan. There is a subject index and an index of works and inscriptions cited. Cover Half-title page Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Works Abbreviations of Modern Sources Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Interethnic Mobility and Integration in Pre-Roman Etruria: The Contribution of Onomastics Chapter 3 Elusive Migrants of Ancient Italy Chapter 4 The Language of Mobile Craftsmen in the Western Mediterranean Chapter 5 Lost – and Found – in Transmission: The Creation of the Oscan Alphabet Chapter 6 Mobility and Orthography: A Contextualisation of Variant Spellings in the Oscan Inscriptions in the Greek Alphabet Chapter 7 The Mamertini in Messina: Mobility, Migration and Mercenaries Chapter 8 Migration, Identity, and Multilingualism in Late Hellenistic Delos Chapter 9 Interpretes, Negotiatores and the Roman Army: Mobile Professionals and Their Languages Chapter 10 HOC PRIMVS VENIT: Italians and Others in Egypt before the Caesars Chapter 11 Population, Migration and Language in the City of Rome1 References Index Locorum Subject Index