Bemerkungen zur römischen Kupferproduktion in der Region Córdoba

Abstract

This article sheds light on two aspects of Roman mining history in the Córdoba region. Firstly, it can be assumed that Sextus Marius († 33 AD) acquired his mines through imperial favour. The reclaiming after his fall by Tiberius corresponds to imperial practice, and not to his greed - as Tacitus all too tendentiously portrays.

Secondly, a new testimony of a company active in copper mining at Córdoba is introduced. It is a lead seal, marked S(ocietatis) AE(rariarum) L(...), and dated to c. 50 BC to AD 50.