Les gentilices italiques en Dacie romaine
The Italic gentilics in Roman Dacia

Summary/Abstract: The author analysis not only the Italian names in Roman Dacia, but also the manner in which their bearers have come in this province. She has distinguished four categories of such gentilicia, taking into account the historical circumstances which allowed the penetration of Italic gentilicia in this province: – gentilicia directly related to colonization in the time of founding of the province Dacia; – gentilicia related to interprovincial immigration; – gentilicia adopted by the population of Dacia by juridical reasons; – gentilicia brought by soldiers and officials of Roman administration in Dacia.Like in case of imperial gentilicia, the onomastic study of Italic gentilicia does not allow an comparative approach (the proportion between the native population and the immigrants). Even that for a considerable number of Italic gentilicia bearers, we cannot state from where and how they came into Roman Dacia, the influence of a strong immigration can be noticed. Some gentilicia can be explained by client relations of important persons; however, we cannot notice the existence of native population. In the case of the majority of governors’ and imperial gentilicia, the bearers came certainly of other provinces.

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