Abstract
Roman curse tablets are artefacts of a very specific nature. They are generally interpreted as material expression of particular magic action, usually performed by an individual.
Such finds are especially interesting for my study because they represent an epigraphic monument on one side as well as a standard archaeological find with its specific context on the other. While there are so far about 500 curse tablets revealed around the Roman world, only one so called defixio was found on the territory of Roman Colonia Iulia Emona (Ljubljana).
Analysing Emona curse tablet seems to confirm the theory of Emona being part of Roman Italy already in the 1st century AD and not part of the province of Pannonia as it is sometimes suggested. In this paper I would like to discuss this theory with regard to the Emona curse tablet, its archaeological context and the characteristic of both and to present the phenomenon of Latin defixiones and the position of the curse from Emona.
I will compare both sides when the Emona curse tablet belongs to other 5 curse tablets from 1st-2nd c. AD Pannonia and on the contrary to other approximately 20 tablets from 1st-2nd c.
AD Italy.