Alieni in Corduba, Colonia Patricia: from the foundation of the city to Late Antiquity Cover Image

Alieni in Corduba, Colonia Patricia: desde la fundación de la ciudad hasta la Antigüedad tardía
Alieni in Corduba, Colonia Patricia: from the foundation of the city to Late Antiquity

Author(s): José Ortiz Córdoba
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Ancient World, Migration Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: inmigration; mobility; alieni; Corduba; Colonia Patricia; Hispania; epigraphy;

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to provide an overview of the immigration of extra-Peninsular origin recorded in Colonia Patricia (Córdoba, Spain) based on the analysis of the available literary and epigraphic documentation. Starting from the foundation of the Roman city and its subsequent conversion into a colonia civium Romanorum, we will carry out an analysis of those individuals who, from the 2nd century BC, arrived in the city from non-Hispanic territories. We will deal with important aspects such as the regions and cities of origin of these immigrants, their professional occupations, the causes that determined their mobility and the activity they developed in Corduba after their arrival. Chronologically, our contribution covers the long period of time between the foundation of Corduba in the 2nd century BC by the consul M. Claudius Marcellus and the 5th century AD, which is the date of the latest case of mobility we have documented.

  • Issue Year: 27/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 65-108
  • Page Count: 44
  • Language: Spanish