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...
- 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...
- 8.67278°W / 37.10278; -8.67278 (Municipium Lacobriga) Coloniae and Municipia image gallery Roman Theatre of Augusta Emerita (Mérida) Roman Theatre...
- 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...
- 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...
- government) and the municipia (settlements that typically existed before Romanization). In the Iberian Peninsula, the terms municipia and civitātes are...
- 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...
- granted Roman citizenship to those who became officials in their respective municipia (cities). The exact content of the ius Latii, under Roman law, varied...
- the camps. In the immediate hinterland of the limes, walled towns or municipia were founded – for example, Aelium Cetium or Ovilava (Wels). They were...
- military garrisons; coloniae, which were settlements of retired troops; and municipia, formal political entities created from existing settlements. The civitates...