Military Building Inscription from Aenaria
Abstract
On the slope of Monte di Vico at Ischia there was an inscription recording the construction of a fortress by two characters with Oscan names and some soldiers. After recalling the various hypotheses about the document’s historical context, the most recent one, though neglected, is endorsed: the two characters were archons of Neapolis, who arranged the defences of Aenaria during the First or Second Punic War. New considerations are provided about the archonship at Neapolis, besides a complete historical commentary of the document, whose importance for the history of the Neapolitan constitution is highlighted.
Submitted: Feb. 1, 2023 | Accepted: April 11, 2023 | Published Aug. 3, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Arconti • Neapolis • Archons • Ischia • Monte di Vico • Onomastica osca • Guerre puniche • Στρατιῶται • Τοιχίον • Aenaria • Oscan onomastics • Punic Wars • Pithekoussai
External resources AXON 528
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