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The Roman Army, 31 BC–AD 337: A Sourcebook

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<strong>The</strong> army, the local community, the law 147<br />

245 CIL 3. 1008=ILS 2476, inscription, Apulum (Alba Iulia), Dacia,<br />

2nd C.AD<br />

Sacred to the Fortune of the Emperor and the Genius of the people of<br />

the canabae, Lucius Silius Maximus, veteran of Legion I Adiutrix, Loyal<br />

and Faithful, the first to act as an official in the canabae, and Silia<br />

Januaria and Silius Firminus bestowed this as a gift.<br />

246 ILS 9106, inscription, Apulum, 2nd C.AD<br />

To Marcus Ulpius Apollinaris, prefect of the camp of Legion XIII<br />

Gemina, the councillors and <strong>Roman</strong> citizens dwelling in the canabae<br />

of the same legion, (set this up) from public funds.<br />

Inscriptions record decuriones of the canabae at Apulum and a guardian of the<br />

temple of <strong>Roman</strong> citizens (CIL 3. 1093; 1100; 1158). <strong>The</strong> camp at Apulum<br />

was the base of the Legion XIII Gemina which remained here from the conquest<br />

to the withdrawal under Aurelian. After Hadrian’s reorganization of the province<br />

Apulum was the headquarters of the governor of Upper Dacia, and after further<br />

changes by Marcus Aurelius, it became the seat of the governor of the three<br />

Dacias. <strong>The</strong> canabae developed to the south of the military establishment. In<br />

Marcus Aurelius’ reign this settlement received municipal status (Municipium<br />

Aurelium Apulense), and then colonial status perhaps under Commodus (CIL<br />

3. 7773). It seems that Septimius Severus established a second municipium in<br />

proximity to the colony, with which it coexisted.<br />

247 CIL 3. 6166=ILS 2474, inscription, Troesmis, Lower Moesia,<br />

2nd C.AD<br />

For the welfare of Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Gaius<br />

Valerius Pudens, veteran of Legion V Macedonica, and Marcus Ulpius<br />

Leontius, official of the inhabitants of the canabae, and Tuccius<br />

Aelianus, aedile, bestowed this as a gift for the veterans and <strong>Roman</strong><br />

citizens dwelling in the canabae of Legion V Macedonica.<br />

Canabae, and also a separate settlement, developed close to the base of Legion<br />

V Macedonica on the south bank of the lower Danube, and the latter was<br />

established as a municipium in the reign of Marcus Aurelius.<br />

248 CIL 8. 20834=ILS 6885, inscription, Rapidum (Sour Djouab),<br />

Mauretania Caesariensis, AD 167–9<br />

To Emperors Caesars Augusti Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Conqueror<br />

of the Armenians, Greatest Conqueror of the Parthians, Conqueror of

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