The analysis of a bilingual epitaph from the Constantinian age, found in Nicomedia (Bithynia) and placed by Flavius Maximinus, scutarius senator, for his son Octemus, who died at an early age and was buried ad martyres, offers the cue for some considerations on the socio-cultural milieu of the dedicator, the role of the physician in the Christian sphere and the choice of place for the burial of the little corpse.
L’analisi di un epitaffio bilingue d’età costantiniana, rinvenuto a Nicomedia (Bitinia) e posto da Flavius Maximinus, scutarius senator, per il figlio Octemus, deceduto in tenera età e seppellito ad martyres, offre lo spunto per alcune considerazioni sul milieu socioculturale del dedicante, sul ruolo del medico in ambito cristiano e sulla scelta del luogo di inumazione della piccola salma.
Praecisus a medico e positus ad martyres: decesso e inumazione di un bambino a Nicomedia tardoantica
Margherita Cassia
2023-01-01
Abstract
The analysis of a bilingual epitaph from the Constantinian age, found in Nicomedia (Bithynia) and placed by Flavius Maximinus, scutarius senator, for his son Octemus, who died at an early age and was buried ad martyres, offers the cue for some considerations on the socio-cultural milieu of the dedicator, the role of the physician in the Christian sphere and the choice of place for the burial of the little corpse.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
