Overview
ESR 1
The Carmina Latina Epigraphica on Funerary Monuments of Rome
ESR 2
Carmina Latina Epigraphica Africae Proconsularis (Tunisia). Edition, Translation, and Commentary
ESR 3
Carmina Latina Epigraphica from Mauretania Caesariensis. Edition, Translation, and Commentary
ESR 4
Staging Death: Making a Difference
ESR 5
Mapping Gender in Funerary Contexts
ESR 6
War and Peace. Military Lives and Identities in Latin Verse Inscriptions
ESR 7
Christian Latin Verse Inscriptions. Rhetorical Analysis of the Picture of Children
ESR 8
Poetry in the Name of the God(s)
ESR 9
Sit tibi terra leuis. Funeral Epigrams between Pattern Book and Individual Design
ESR 10
The Carmina Latina Epigraphica of Rome Preserved in the Manuscript Tradition
ESR 11
Communication Concepts of Archaeological Sites. Reactions to Societal and Didactic Changes

ESR 3 Carmina Latina Epigraphica from Mauretania Caesariensis. Edition, Translation, and Commentary

Francesco Tecca

Objectives
The project will document and edit verse inscriptions with their material surface from the Kingdom of Morocco to provide a first up-to-date account of the poetic landscape of Mauretania Caesariensis. It shall complete and refine the existing editorial work that is excellent in the case of many inscriptions but has to be revised according to new methodologies.

The corpus will be the subject of a rigorous critical edition, based on the autopsy of the texts as long as they are preserved. For many of them, issues related to their literary or metric nature will be discussed for the first time. The analysis will focus on cultural and literary influences, characteristics of the population and the relationship with the Carmina Latina Epigraphica of other regions in the Roman Empire. Partner institutions of CARMEN in Tunis and colleagues working in this region will help the ESR to master this challenge.

Expected Results
A doctoral thesis on the objectives mentioned above to build up a general expertise in Latin philology and Roman cultural heritage in North Africa, and professional skills in digital editing.

Host Institution

Universidad de Sevilla

Supervisor

Prof. Dr. Concepción Fernández Martínez

Co-Supervisors

Prof. Dr. Stephan Busch (Trier)

Internship

At the University of London, Institute of Classical Studies, with Dr. Gabriel Bodard, a world-leading expert on digital epigraphy, as supervisor (April–May 2022). The training is supported by Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Cartagine in Tunis.