I nomi collettivi dei negotiatores Italici e il contesto linguistico di Delo nel II sec. a.C.

Abstract

The objective of the article will be to analyze how the negotiatores Italici in Delo and Renea used
collective naming during the II century BCE, in relation to identity phenomena in the peninsula
and to the peculiar epigraphic context of the Aegean Isle. To structure the analysis, it will be paramount
to follow the recent discussion on the epigraphic record of Italian communities in Delo,
and on the latest tools developed by the study of the relation between linguistic phenomena and
identity strategies.

Keywords: Identity, Italici, Context, Self-representation, Accommodation.