Élites y autorrepresentación en contexto rural. Una inscripción de los Manlii en el santuario de Can Modolell (Cabrera de Mar, Barcelona)

Abstract

We present an unpublished fragment of an inscription recovered during the excavation of the Can
Modolell sanctuary located in the territory of the municipium Iluro (Mataró, Spain). The fragment
was repurposed as building material in a farmhouse built on the site of the sanctuary in the
5th century CE. Although challenges in reading and the stratigraphic context complicate its interpretation,
the text provides information about a member of one of the elite families in the territory
of Iluro during the first half of the 1st century CE, allowing us to analyse their initiatives and strategies
of social power and self-representation.

Keywords: Elites, civic communities, rural sanctuaries, territory.