Due documenti epigrafici per la storia di Corfinium in età imperiale (II/III sec d.C.)

Two inscriptions of Corfinium are explored as they shed light on the evergetic activity of two influential local characters: P. Mammius Aufidius Priscinus (CIL IX 3160) and Q. Avelius Priscus Severius Severus Annavus Rufus ( CIL IX 7242). Literary sources make no explicit mention, except for isolated and sporadic cases, of what the liveliness of an ancient city was: the only data that can be collected are essentially due to the anchoring of the epigraphic tradition, which allows us to be able to deal with certain aspects relating to its administrative, economic and social history. The two inscriptions discussed here, datable at least in the second half of the second century BC. d. C. if not even in the early years of the following century, offer a truly interesting insight into the ‘municipal life’ of Corfinium.

Keywords
epigraphy, history, municipal life, Corfinium, evergesia