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IntheconsulshipofImperatorCaesarL.AureliusCommodusAug.and

M.PlautiusQuintilius,onthedaybeforethenonesofJuly,atRome

[6July177]

Faggura,wifeofJulianus,princepsofthetribeoftheZegrensians,age

22,Juliana,age8,Maxima,age4,Julianus,age3,Diogenia,age2,chil-

drenofJulianusmentionedabove:

At the request per libellum of Aurelius Julianus, princeps of the Ze-

grensians supported by Vallius Maximianus by letter [suffragante...

per epistulam],tothesewehavegiventheRomancitizenship,without

prejudicetothelawofthetribe,andwithoutdiminutionofthetributa

andvectigaliaofthepopulusandthefiscus.

Carriedoutonthesamedayinthesameplaceunderthesameconsuls.

Asclepiodotus,freedman:Ihavecheckedit:

Witnesses:

M.GaviusSquillaGallicanus [consul,150]

M.AciliusGlabrio [consul,152]

T.SextiusLateranus [consul,154]

C.SeptimiusSeverus [consul,160]

P.JuiliusScapulaTertullus [consul,160–6]

T.VariusClemens [ex–ab epistulis]

M.BassaeusRufus [ex–praetorianprefect]

P.TaruttienusPaternus [praetorianprefectby179]

Sex[TigidiusPeren]nis [probablypraetorianprefect]

Q.CervidiusScaevola [lawyer,prefectofVigiles(fire

brigade),175]

Q.LarciusEuripianus

T.FlaviusPiso [prefectofthecornsupply,179]^22

Whatisrelevantinthiscontextis,firstly,theunexpectedrevelationofacon-
tinuoussystemofrecordingthenamesofpersonsgrantedtheRomanciti-
zenship,goingallthewaybacktothefirstemperor,Augustus,whohaddied
morethanacenturyandahalfearlier.Itmustremindusthatwemayseriously
underestimatethesophisticationofanimperialarchivalsystemtowhichwe
havenodirectaccess;anditmustatleastraisethequestionofwhetherany
comparable archival system recorded diplomatic and foreign relations be-

22. M. Euzennat, J. Marion, and J. Gascou,Inscriptions antiques du MarocII:Inscriptions
    latines(Paris,1982),no.94.