Incolae libertini a Carthago nova: le associazioni di liberti e di persone trasferite a partire da CIL II 3419

Abstract

The A. reconsiders the usual interpretation of CIL II 3419 from Carthago Nova, as it seems unlikely that a specific group of incolae libertini was mentioned along with the coloni. By considering other epigraphic evidence, some possibilities are discussed: libertini were a separated group which acted together with coloni and incolae as a local association of freedmen, or rather as an association of former slaves which stayed as consistentes and were neither coloni nor incolae; coloni et incolae libertini meant an association of freedmen who were either coloni or incolae.