Epigraphy Romancitizenshipisnotnormallygrantedbyimperialindulgentiato
thosetribesmenunlessearnedbythehighestdeserts,yetsinceyouaf-
firmthatheisamongthemostprominentamongthosepeoplesofhis
andmostloyalinhispromptobedienceinourinterests(andwedonot
think that many households from among the Zegrenses will be able
toclaimthesameoftheirservices),andsince[?]wewishasmanyas
possible to be aroused by the honourconferred by us on that house
toemulateJulianus,wedonothesitatetogivetheRomancitizenship,
withoutprejudicetothelawofthetribe,tohim,hiswifeZiddina,and
theirchildrenJulianus,Maximus,Maximinus,Diogenianus.
[..]CopyofaletteroftheemperorsAntoninusandCommodus,
Augusti,toValliusMaximianus:wehavereadthelibellusofthechief
ofthetribesoftheZegrensesandhavenotedthefavourwithwhichhe
isregardedbyyourpredecessorEpidiusQuadratus,andalsomovedby
the latter’s testimonies, and the services and evidence of his conduct
whichhehimselfputsforward,havegiventohiswifeandchildrenthe
Romancitizenship,withoutprejudicetothelawofthetribe.Inorder
thatthismayberecordedinourcommentarii[records]findoutwhatthe
ageofeachisandwritetous.
Copied down and checked from the record [commentarius] of those
giventheRomancitizenshipbytheDivineAugustus(namesofpre-
cedingemperors)...whichthefreedmanAsclepiodotusproduced,as
itiswrittenbelow:
IntheconsulshipofImperatorCaesarL.AureliusCommodusAug.and
M.PlautiusQuintilius,onthedaybeforethenonesofJuly,atRome
[July,].
Faggura,wifeofJulianus,princepsofthetribeoftheZegrensians,age
,Juliana,age,Maxima,age,Julianus,age,Diogenia,age,chil-
drenofJulianusmentionedabove:
AttherequestperlibellumofAureliusJulianus,princepsoftheZegrensi-
anssupportedbyValliusMaximianusbyletter[suffragante...perepistu-
lam],tothesewehavegiventheRomancitizenship,withoutprejudice
tothelawofthetribe,andwithoutdiminutionofthetributa[taxes]and
vectigalia[revenues]ofthepeopleandthefiscus[theemperor’streasury].
Carriedoutonthesamedayinthesameplaceunderthesameconsuls.
Asclepiodotus,freedman:Ihavecheckedit: