Roman Latin in Norway

A few inscribed Roman artefacts made it whole the way to Norway in antiquity. Today we have a look at the longest of those inscriptions.
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intro - 00:00
Roman inscribed artefacts in Norway - 00:54
inscribed Roman bronze kettle from Farmen (Vang, N) - 02:21
outro - 06:04
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[@karlcarlsen9664]

Could Libertinus be a libertus, a freed men, a former servus. I do think so but i am no expert. At least a descendant of a servus is likley, or not?

[@LatinEverywhere]

A freedman becoming a local official, is unlikely, if not impossible. That his name is derived from a (distant) freed ancestor is possible, but it would be uncommon: having an ancestor who was a slave, was not something one proudly boasted about. Nevertheless, 'libertinus' is the legal term used for former slaves and their offspring. The problem is, that this inscription is, as far as I know, the only instance of Libertinus as a personal name. I haven't found it as such in any other inscription, ancient text or papyrus. (If anyone has, please let us know.) So, my answer is: we don't know, really.

[@briseboy]

One supposes its better than Uzbek or Ubangi Latin, two other likely sources...

[@LatinEverywhere]

There are much more Latin texts and inscriptions preserved from after antiquity. So if one reads Latin from Norway, it is mostly written by Norwegians in medieval times or later. This inscription was written in antiquity in the Roman empire. For a lot of people it is perhaps unexpected that it has been found in Norway. Hence the title 'Roman Latin'. (PS: I know of one Roman inscription in Latin, unlegible, unfortunatly, from present day Uzbekistan.)