Edmondson, Jonathan CharlesLópez Barja de Quiroja, PedroCaldelli, Maria Letizia2026-10-152026-10-152025Edmondson, J. (2025). Libertos y libertas de Augusta Emerita (Mérida): problemas de identificación. In P. L. Barja, & M. L. Caldelli (Eds.), Libertos y esclavos en la ciudad romana De Ostia a Augusta Emérita (pp. 141-157). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.978-84-00-11434-3978-84-00-11435-0155-25-079-1155-25-080-4M-12778-2025https://hdl.handle.net/10315/44098This book chapter was published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The study discusses problems of identifying freedmen and freedwomen in the epigraphic record of Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain). It compares the onomastics of certainly identified freedpersons with those of freeborn citizens and so called "incerti" to advance the discussion of how we can identify ex-slaves among the colony's population.14esAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Book Chapter