Οὐδὲ τῆς διαλέκτου τῆς σφετέρας ἔτι μεμνημένοι: the disappearance of indigenous languages in Republican Iberia
| Autor: | Lowe, Benedict |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Zdroj: | Rhesis. International Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Literature; Vol 7 No 1 (2016): Linguistics and Philology; 44-55 Rhesis; Vol. 7 Núm. 1 (2016): Linguistics and Philology; 44-55 Rhesis; Vol. 7 No 1 (2016): Linguistics and Philology; 44-55 Rhesis. International Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Literature; V. 7 N. 1 (2016): Linguistics and Philology; 44-55 |
| ISSN: | 2037-4569 |
| DOI: | 10.13125/rhesis/5593 |
| Popis: | Strabo writes that the Turdetani had become so imbued with Roman ways as to forget their own language (3.2.15), a process he attributes to their receipt of Latin status and the arrival of Roman immigrants. This paper explores the mechanisms by which the use of the Latin language was adopted and the role of the Roman state in promoting its use. The paper focuses on three decrees issued by the Roman governors that date to the second and early first centuries BC: the decree of L. Aemilius Paulus dating to 190 or 189 BC and granting freedom to the inhabitants of turris Lascutana; the deditio of the community of the Seano[ ] to the imperator L. Caesius in 104 BC; and the adjudication by the governor C. Valerius Flaccus on 5 May 87 BC in a dispute between the Allavonenses and the Sosinestani. Rather than focusing on the symbolic value of these inscriptions, this paper suggests that they represent a far larger corpus of written communication between the Roman government and the provincial communities. The need of the provincial leadership to engage with the Roman legal system led to their co-optation into bringing about the Latinisation of the Peninsula and the disappearance of indigenous languages. Rhesis. International Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Literature, V. 7 N. 1 (2016): Linguistics and Philology |
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