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The article proposes a semiotic reflection on the 'conditions of enunciation' of graffiti in order to understand the essential features of the relation between this expressive form and the concept of power. Daniel 5, the Biblical passage that narrates the episode of Belshazzar's feast, is adopted as a point of departure for the construction of a textual series, which explores a philological tradition as well. Jewish interpretations, Christian exegeses, Christian iconography, and intertextual transpositions, all related to this biblical passage, are analyzed so as to determine the ways in which different socio-cultural contexts, in different periods, interpret and express the relation between political power, its injustice, and the role of 'God's writing on the wall' in redressing it.

The epigraphic record pertaining to the auxiliary fort from Buciumi is quite scarce. This is especially true for onomastic evidence, indeed virtually none of the members of the local garrison is known to us by name. The graffito discussed in the paper, although incomplete; reveals the names of two individuals: a centurion and a common soldier. While the name of the centurion (Genialis) is quite usual, the miles displays an extremely rare name of uncertain origin (Zanax). The object of the paper is twofold. On one hand it discusses the phenomenon of military graffiti, especially ownership inscriptions, on the other hand it analyses various possibilities regarding the origin of the enigmatic name borne by the soldier in question.

Izdaje se latinski natpis sa jedne rimske opeke iz Muzeja Srema. Po tipu, natpis spada među pozdravne grafite; lica koja u njemu figurišu verovatno su bila angažovana na građevinskim poslovima. ; In the Regional Museum of Srem in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, a Roman brick is preserved, containing an inscription (Inv. A/5342). Originating from any of the numerous Roman structures in the capital city of Sirmium - most probably from Site 4 (Villa) or Site 1a (Palace) - the brick exhibits a graffito in Latin which reads as follows: Domino et fraturi Maxime salutem Valerus Januarius Written before the brick was baked, this greeting obviously went from somebody present at the brick plant to another person engaged locally in the business of construction. To address the recipient of a message as dominus frater is a well-attested style in Roman military circles, especially between equals, from the early 2nd century on. Phonologically, the spelling fraturi (for fratri) is a remarkable instance of anaptyxis, vulgar, but only rarely occurring in the sources. The pendent vocative Maxime is probably due to the actual formula being a contamination of two known types, Maximo salutem and Maxime vale. Judging by their cognomenta, both men, Januarius and Maximus, may very well have been of indigenous origin, whereas the nomen Valerius may have been acquired through service in the imperial army or administration under the Tetrarchs.

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