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The aim of the work is to collect and analyze onomastically all Latin epigraphical material of Bulgaria (1200-1300 inscriptions). It assembles an exhaustive anthroponymical catalogue of these inscriptions, which could be used in a future general onomasticon of the Latin inscriptions in the Roman empire. The work assesses the origin and the social position of most of the name-holders. Thus, it makes general observations concerning ethnic cross-influences in the area of present-day Bulgaria (the ancient provinces of Moesia Inferior and Thracia), as well as about the changes in the structure of Roman nomenclature. Finally, it enriches the existing repertory of Latin nomina gentilicia and cognomina.
List of contents
Contents: Introduction - Catalogues: nomina gentilicia; cognomina; supernomina; cognomina masculina absolute dicta; cognomina masculina aliis additis; cognomina feminina absolute dicta; cognomina feminina aliis additis; praenomina; tribus - Indices - Conclusions - Addenda ad Repertorium nominum gentilium et cognominum Latinorum - Bibliography.
About the author
The Author: Milena Minkova has Ph.D. degrees in Classics (University of Sofia) and in Christian and Classical Philology (Pontifical Salesian University, Rome). She has done research at the University of Geneva and the University of Heidelberg. Her teaching experience includes the University of Sofia, the Pontifical Salesian University, the Pontifical Liturgical Institute, the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, where she created a Department of Latin Composition. Currently she teaches Latin at Davidson College in North Carolina. Member of Academia Latinitati Fovendae (Rome).