Una tegola iscritta e un nuovo delicatus dal tempio di Minerva a Marano di Valpolicella (Verona)

This contribution examines two graffiti inscribed by different hands on a roof tile that was recently discovered during the excavation of the temple of Minerva near Marano di Valpolicella (Verona). The first graffito, Restitutus delicatus, could be interpreted as either the work of an individual who signed himself as a delicatus (the favourite of someone else) or an insult levelled at a person identified as an idler and effeminate. The second one, pedicatus qui leget, is a common insult, which appears in other situations documented throughout the Roman world. Overall, these graffiti are further proof of the high levels of alphabetisation in Roman society, even among people of presumably humble origin, such as those involved in brick production.