Definition of Municipia. Meaning of Municipia. Synonyms of Municipia

- In ancient Rome, the Latin term municipium (pl.: municipia) referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the municipium was a social contract among municipes...
- 8.67278°W / 37.10278; -8.67278 (Municipium Lacobriga) Coloniae and Municipia image gallery Roman Theatre of Augusta Emerita (Mérida) Roman Theatre...
- a hierarchy of prestige, with Roman coloniae at the top, followed by municipia (some of which had full citizen rights, others, the Latin rights), and...
- policy was continued by Tiberius (AD 14–37), who increased the number of municipia in the northern part of the Meseta Central. Between the reigns of Augustus...
- lowest civic tier in the Roman muni****l hierarchy, below coloniae and municipia. The term should not be confused with military or provincial prefects...
- expanded on Gr**** and Punic coastal cities. The network of cities (coloniae, municipia, civitates or in Gr**** terms poleis) was a primary cohesive force during...
- dissolved. After 338 BC, the end of the Latin league, Rome renamed the cities municipia and established coloniae inside them. This meant that the towns were now...
- government) and the municipia (settlements that typically existed before Romanization). In the Iberian Peninsula, the terms municipia and civitātes are...
- number of communities of different status. Alongside Roman colonies or municipia, whose residents held the Roman citizenship or Latin citizenship, a province...
- under Roman supervision. He supported the creation of provincial towns (municipia), semi-autonomous urban communities with their own customs and laws, rather...