A Hypothetical Relationship with Regard to the Identification of the Villa’s Property’s Identification from the Romanian Artisan Cartier
Sabin Popovici
pp. 11 - 24
Title: A Hypothetical Relationship with Regard to the Identification of the Villa’s Property’s Identification from the Romanian Artisan Cartier
Authors: Sabin Popovici

Abstract: This article is an attempt to identify the villae-i owner in the Romulus Handicraft District, perhaps the only identification of a villa owner in Dacia Inferior.
Our hypothesis is based on several arguments that mention:
* The discovery of an inscription tile in the immediate vicinity of the villae-i, a tile with an inscription identical to that of a sarcophagus in Rome, the italic character of this villa, the numerous presence of italics in Dacia (and a significant number of those in genius Annia, the discovery of a funeral double at Porolissum, and the fact that the sarcophagus of Lucius Annius Valerianus of Rome was discovered unfinished, which supports the idea that he did not die there.
The discoverer villae-i Gh. Popilian argues that our hypothesis is based on the evidence that the inscription tile would have been discovered in the flat necropolis near the villae-i, but in his opinion, Lucius Annius's material state, Octavius Valerianus, would exclude a funeral, even a transient in a necropolis of the poor. In the opinion of this researcher the main deficiency of our hypothesis is that it starts from general to particular, with only some cases being chosen as analogies, and analogies can not serve as arguments (opinion expressed by researcher Gheorghe Popilian).

Keywords: Dublet Funerar, Porolissum, Romula, Sarcofag, Villa

Received: 01-05-2018     Accepted: 30-05-2018     Published: 30-05-2018

Citation: Popovici, S. (2018). A Hypothetical Relationship with Regard to the Identification of the Villa’s Property’s Identification from the Romanian Artisan Cartier. Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (KIN Journal), 4(1), ISSN 2367-8038, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 11–24