The focus of the paper is on the travel scene depicted on the funerary stele of L. Blassius Nigellio (CIL III 1650), a speculator of legio VII Claudia, from Viminacium. Seeking to gain a more comprehensive understanding of this scene from the everyday professional life of a Roman speculator, it draws attention to an iconographic pattern shared by a group of monuments of Roman principales (speculatores, frumentarii, beneficiarii consularis), among which the scene from Viminacium holds a very important place. The speculator on the stele from Viminacium travelling in a carriage (rheda), possibly his own, apparently was on a military-related assignment the purpose of which was either to requisition supplies for the army or to exact the payment of the taxes intended for its upkeep. The paper also takes a look at the origin and social status of the Upper Moesian speculator who could afford such a costly tombstone.
TY - JOUR
AU - Pilipović, Sanja
PY - 2016
UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/492
AB - The focus of the paper is on the travel scene depicted on the funerary stele of L. Blassius Nigellio (CIL III 1650), a speculator of legio VII Claudia, from Viminacium. Seeking to gain a more comprehensive understanding of this scene from the everyday professional life of a Roman speculator, it draws attention to an iconographic pattern shared by a group of monuments of Roman principales (speculatores, frumentarii, beneficiarii consularis), among which the scene from Viminacium holds a very important place. The speculator on the stele from Viminacium travelling in a carriage (rheda), possibly his own, apparently was on a military-related assignment the purpose of which was either to requisition supplies for the army or to exact the payment of the taxes intended for its upkeep. The paper also takes a look at the origin and social status of the Upper Moesian speculator who could afford such a costly tombstone.
PB - Beograd : Balkanološki institut SANU
T2 - Balcanica
T1 - A Travelling Speculator (CIL III 1650). A Glimpse of the Everday life of the Principales through the Window of Roman Funerary Art
EP - 24
IS - 47
SP - 7
DO - 10.2298/BALC1647007P
ER -
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author = "Pilipović, Sanja",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The focus of the paper is on the travel scene depicted on the funerary stele of L. Blassius Nigellio (CIL III 1650), a speculator of legio VII Claudia, from Viminacium. Seeking to gain a more comprehensive understanding of this scene from the everyday professional life of a Roman speculator, it draws attention to an iconographic pattern shared by a group of monuments of Roman principales (speculatores, frumentarii, beneficiarii consularis), among which the scene from Viminacium holds a very important place. The speculator on the stele from Viminacium travelling in a carriage (rheda), possibly his own, apparently was on a military-related assignment the purpose of which was either to requisition supplies for the army or to exact the payment of the taxes intended for its upkeep. The paper also takes a look at the origin and social status of the Upper Moesian speculator who could afford such a costly tombstone.",
publisher = "Beograd : Balkanološki institut SANU",
journal = "Balcanica",
title = "A Travelling Speculator (CIL III 1650). A Glimpse of the Everday life of the Principales through the Window of Roman Funerary Art",
pages = "24-7",
number = "47",
doi = "10.2298/BALC1647007P"
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Pilipović, S.. (2016). A Travelling Speculator (CIL III 1650). A Glimpse of the Everday life of the Principales through the Window of Roman Funerary Art. in Balcanica
Beograd : Balkanološki institut SANU.(47), 7-24.
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647007P
Pilipović S. A Travelling Speculator (CIL III 1650). A Glimpse of the Everday life of the Principales through the Window of Roman Funerary Art. in Balcanica. 2016;(47):7-24.
doi:10.2298/BALC1647007P .
Pilipović, Sanja, "A Travelling Speculator (CIL III 1650). A Glimpse of the Everday life of the Principales through the Window of Roman Funerary Art" in Balcanica, no. 47 (2016):7-24,
https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC1647007P . .
