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Štrmelj, D. “Imp. Caes. Augustus, Calpurnii Pisones‎ et Liburnia”. In Milivojević, F., Sarakinski, V. & Tzvetkova, J. (eds.), The Unclassical Balkans: Ancient Societies and Cultures of the Balkan Peninsula beside the Graeco-Roman World. Živa Antika / Antiquité Vivante, Editiones Singulares XI, Skopje 2025, pp. 723–748.

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.47054/ZIVA2511723sh

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Abstract. – The first part of this article explores the early history of the estate owned by one branch of the Calpurnii Pisones senatorial family in Caska, on the island of Pag, Croatia. Building on the notion that it was a property gifted to the Calpurnii by the emperor Augustus, which he had acquired through confiscation, the background and possible circumstances of this incident are looked at in greater detail, reaching the conclusion that the said event can, in all probability, be explained as an aftermath of the Bellum Civile. The subsequent segment explores the consequences of those imperial policies on the local island communities. The second part of the article investigates the influence of the aforementioned senatorial family on Liburnia through the prism of epigraphic monuments – a prosopographic analysis indicates a predominant majority of Romanised locals among the early Liburnian Calpurnii, often of a higher social standing, while a spatial analysis places most of the monuments in the town of Corinium and its surroundings. Starting with the premise that the Liburnian Calpurnii were clients of the senatorial family, possible reasons for their concentration in this location are more thoroughly explored. The final part of the article features a revision of an inscription pertaining to the votive altar from the Zelengrad hillfort.
Key words. – Liburnia, Calpurnii Pisones, Illyricum, senatorial aristocracy, Caska, island of Pag, clientele, imperial confiscation, Augustus, Roman patronage in Illyricum, Liburni, Roman warfare in Illyricum, Bellum Civile.