Roman military diploma found in Pannonia

[guy]

Gerulata was a Roman military camp near Bratislava, Slovakia, which was found in the Roman province of Pannonia. It was part of the Roman frontier defense system of the 2nd century but was abandoned two centuries later when the Romans withdrew from Pannonia.

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“A highlight of the research was a fragment belonging to a Roman military diploma.

The diploma - an official copy of a decree issued by the emperor in Rome - granted privileges to retired soldiers of the Roman army, and it served as personal proof of a soldier’s status along with rights granted.

“It confirmed that its owner was a Roman citizen and that this privilege could, according to the legal norms in force at different times, also apply to his wife and children,” the museum added.

To date, about a thousand diplomas of this kind have been found in the world, but only two – including the recently discovered one - come from the Gerulata camp in Bratislava.”

 

 

(Roman military outpost of Gerulata)

 

https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22807426/ancient-diploma-found-by-archaeologists-in-bratislava.html

 

A previous thread on the legions of Pannonia:

 

 

Edited January 28 by guy