Was C. Rubellius Blandus Involved in the Exploitation of the Silver Mines of Carthago Nova?
Was C. Rubellius Blandus Involved in the Exploitation of the Silver Mines of Carthago Nova?
Abstract
The mention of three members of the gens Rubellia in two funerary inscriptions recovered from an important mining complex located near Carthago Nova allows us to consider the possibility that the Rubellii Blandi from Tibur might be involved in the mining activity. Consequently, the wedding of Tiberius’ niece, Julia, to C. Rubellius Blandus could be related to the princeps’ interests in controlling the silver mines of the south-est of Spain.
Keywords
Rubellii Blandi | Silver Mines | Carthago Nova | Roman Spain
References
- 1. Abascal, J. M. / Ramallo, S. F. 1997:
La ciudad de Carthago Nova: la documentación epigráfica , Murcia. - 2. Antolinos, J. A. / Díaz, B. 2012: “L
a societas argentifodinarum Ilucronensium y la explotación de las minas romanas de Carthago Nova”, Chiron 42, 25-43. DOI 10.1017/s1047759413000081 - 3. Antolinos, J. A. / Díaz, B. / Guillén, M. C. 2013: “Minería romana en Carthago Nova: el Coto Fortuna (Murcia) y los precintos de plomo de la
societas argentifodinarum Ilucronensium ”,JRA 26, 88-121. DOI 10.1017/s1047759413000081 - 4. Andermahr, M. A. 1998:
Totus in praediis: Senatorischer Grundbesitz in Italien in der Frühen und Hoheb Kaiserzeit , Bonn. - 5. Barreda, A. 1996: “Los Nonii Asprenates en la Hispania republicana”,
AnMurcia 11-12, 245-55. - 6. Bellemore, J. 1995: “The wife of Sejanus”,
ZPE 109, 255-66. - 7. Birley, A. 2007: “Sejanus: His Fall”, in N. Sekunda (ed.),
Corolla Cosmo Rodewald , Gdańsk, 121-50. - 8. Carcopino, J. 1906: “L’Inscription d’Aïn-el-Djemala. Contribution à l’histoire des saltus africains et du colonat partiaire”,
MEFRA 26, 365-481. DOI 10.1524/klio.1908.8.8.154 - 9. Cogitore, I. 2002:
La légitimité dynastique d’Auguste à Néron à l’èpreuve des conspirations , Rome. - 10. Díaz, B. / Antolinos, J. A. 2011: “Una inscripción funeraria republicana procedente de Los Beatos (Cartagena, Murcia)”,
ZPE 179, 291-4 - 11. Domergue, Cl. 1990:
Les mines de la Péninsule Ibérique dans l’antiquité romaine , Rome. - 12. Fiches, J. L. / Veyrac, A. 1996:
Carte archéologique de la Gaule 30.1, Nimes , Paris. - 13. Flach, D. 1978: “Inschriftenuntershungen zum römischen Kolonat in Nordafrika”,
Chiron 8, 441-92. - 14. Gasperini, L. 1971: “Le iscrizioni del Cesareo e della Basilica di Cirene”,
QuadALibia 6, 3-2. - 15. González, R. / Olivares, J. C. 2010: “Una inscripción de época republicana dedicada a
Salaecus en la región minera deCarthago Noua ”, AEspA 83, 109-26. DOI 10.3989/aespa.083.010.006 - 16. Koch, M. 1984: “Die Turullii und Neukarthago”,
Navicula Tubingensis. Studia in honorem Antonii Tovar , Tübingen 1984, pp. 233-46. - 17. Kolendo, J. 1991:
Le colonat en Afrique sous le haut-empire , Paris. DOI 10.3406/ista.1976.2571 - 18. Letta, C. / D’Amato, S. 1975:
Epigrafia della regione dei Marsi , Milano. - 19. Luni, M. 1991: “Strutture monumentali e documenti epigrafici nel Foro di Cirene”,
L’Africa Romana 9, 123-46. - 20. Syme, R. 1982: “The Marriage of Rubellius Blandus”,
AJPh 103.1, 62-85. DOI 10.2307/293964 - 21. Thomasson, B. E. 1996:
Fasti Africani. Senatorische und ritterliche Amtsträger in den römischen Provinzen Nordafrikas von Augustus bis Diokletian , Stockholm. - 22. Wiseman, T. P. 1971:
New Men in the Roman Senate , Oxford.