Becoming Roman? Two-Sided Stelae in Lucus Augusti and its Hinterland

Two-sided stelae from Lucus Augusti (modern Lugo, Spain) represent a unique cultural hybrid, blending Roman and local Galician traditions without epigraphic text. Analysis reveals these funerary monuments reflect conscious choices tied to Roman citizenship and provincial identity, offering new insights into postcolonial romanization. Using Bourdieu’s theory of habitus, the study interprets the toga’s symbolic role and the themes on stelae reverses, suggesting a distinct Galician-Roman culture. Granite block examination confirms the absence of lost inscriptions was intentional, not due to erosion. Funded by Spanish Ministry grants (FPU19/00148, PID2019-105940GB-I00), this research advances understanding of Roman Hispania’s civic and cultural evolution.

Gómez García, N. (2022). Becoming Roman? Two-Sided Stelae in Lucus Augusti and its Hinterland. Collectanea Philologica, (25), 215–236. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.25.15