07-21-2010, 07:47 PM
Quote:There never existed a municipal status. And if you don't believe me, read Fergus Millar, The Emperor in the Roman World. What does exist, of course, is a group of archaeologists that talk and talk about interdisciplinary research, but refuse to read books by ancient historians.
What exactly do you mean? I know of inscriptions throughout empire attesting settlements as "muncipium <emperor name> <city/tribal name>".
E.g. two Hadrianic municipia in Dacia are Napoca and Drobeta:
CIL III 14465: mu/nic(ipii) Aeli / Hadr(iani) Napoc(ae)
AE 1980 0771: m[u]/nicipii Hadria/ni Drob(etae)
Considering the province was conquered by Trajan, why is Hadrian's name showing if there's no some kind of grant (and maybe also an elevation in status)? By the way, weren't municipia granted with ius Latii?
Drago?
