Amitae and Materterae in Latin Inscriptions. A Contribution to the Study of the Roman Family

This article offers the first complete survey of aunts (amitae and materterae) in the Latin epigraphical dossier. All 94 inscriptions are listed and commented on, as they offer the potential for intriguing case stories. The set of data is not only used to ask questions about consistent
use of terminology, geographical distribution, ages, and patterns of commemoration. The material is also studied in the broader context of the demography of the Roman family, of Greek and Latin family terminology, literary sources, law, papyrology and Greek epigraphy. In the conclusion, this study asks broader questions about the study of the Roman family, and how it relates to questions as Romanisation and modes of funerary expression.