La familia de Claudia Saturnina, una mamma et patrona (CIL VI, 15585)

Abstract

The aim of this paper is the study of Claudia Saturnina and her family. A funeral inscription offers much information about this woman and her mother, her stepfather, her contubernalis and her verna. Furthermore, she was presented in the epitaph as the mamma of one of his freedmen. Who was she? What were her origins? What role did she have in her family? What did the term mamma mean in this context? Such questions will be answered on this article.

Keywords

• Stepfather
• Contubernium
• Slavery
• Freedmen
• Relative