Presenze siriache nell’Etruria tardoantica

This study analyzed the epigraphic evidence related to Syriacs in Etruria in Late Antiquity. Florentia constitutes an exception, in contrast to Greek sporadic evidence in regio VII. Ten Christian funerary inscriptions in Greek were found in the colony, including two bilingual (Greek-Latin) ones, which can be placed between the 5th and mid-6th centuries AD. On the basis of onomastics and for the indication of the village of origin, the epitaphs can be attributed in at least seven cases to individuals originally from Syria, attesting to the presence in Florentia of a flourishing Greek-Syriac community of the Christian religion. In light of new topographical data, the epigraphs are the subject of further reflection on the nature and causes of this migratory phenomenon from the East