I Lucilii Gamalae a Ostia: Storia di una famiglia
- Autores: Ilaria Manzini
- Localización: Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité, ISSN 0223-5102, Vol. 126, Nº. 1, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Ostia Antica)
- Idioma: italiano
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Resumen
The Lucilii Gamalae, a big family from the elite of the city of Ostia, have been active in the colony�s public life for over two and a half centuries, from the late Republican age to the Antonine�s one. The relevance of the civil and religious roles they held, as well as the remarkable continuity of these roles over the years and generations, is unique. The aim of this paper is to follow and connect the individual members over the centuries so as to draw a history of the family. The research is based on evidence from existing prosopographical studies, which is robust in itself but punctual and disperse. Particular attention is given to the meaning of the surname Gamala, providing new evidence to support the hypothesis of a Semitic origin, as derived from a personal name in Hebrew. The paper also stresses the element of novelty represented by the discovery of an inscription related to a Gamala in loc. Vicariello, nearby the ancient Forum Clodii, city of origin of the Octavii Ligures. This significantly confirms the supposed existence, during the Republican age, of bonds of kinship - through marriage - between the two families.
