Latin epigraphy

Pre-requisites: Passed exam in Latin.

Course objectives: For students to gain elementary, theoretical and practical knowledge of latin epigraphs: students will be able to identify types of monuments; categories of inscriptions; types of lettering; basic abbreviations; and read and translate inscriptions.

Course description: Subject, history and meaning of epigraphy as a science. The relationship between epigraphy and other scientific disciplines (history, archeology, philology, law, paleography etc). Categories of latin inscriptions by form, content and usage. Latin inscriptions as sources of history of roman civilizations. Principles of issuing inscriptions and epigraphic publications. Reading and interpreting chosen texts.

Learning Outcomes: Using concrete examples, students will be able to show that they have mastered the principles of issuing epigraphic texts (resolving abbreviations, restoring damaged texts), and are capable of translating the text and commenting on its contents.

Literature/Reading:

• R. Bloch, Latinska epigrafika, Beograd 1971.
• L.J.F. Keppie, Understanding Roman Inscriptions, London 2001.
• P. Petrović, Paleografija latinskih natpisa u Gornjoj Meziji, Beograd 1975.
• J. E. Sandys, Latin Epigraphy: An Introduction to the Latin Inscriptions of the Roman World, Chicago 1974.
• R. Cagnat, Cours d’épigraphie latine, Paris 1914.
• G. Susini, The Roman Stonecutter, Oxford 1973.
• IMS ( = Inscriptions de la Mésie Supérieure): M. Mirković / S. Dušanić, IMS I, Beograd 1976; P. Petrović, IMS IV, Beograd 1979; B. Dragojević-Josifovska, IMS VI, Beograd 1982; M. Mirković, IMS II, Beograd 1986; P. Petrović, IMS III/2, 1995.
• ILIug = A. et J. Šašel, Inscriptiones Latinae quae in Iugoslavia inter annos MCMIII et MCMLXX repertae et editae sunt (= Situla 5, 1963; 19, 1978; 25, 1986).
• F. Bérard et alii, Guide de l’épigraphiste, Paris 2000.
• ILS = H. Dessau, Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae, Berlin 1892-1916.