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Honorable Discharge of a Legionary Soldier via APIS-papyrus

Certified copy of Domitian's edict for veterans of legion XXII Deiotariana. A witnessed Latin copy, made at Alexandria, of an edict of the emperor Domitian concerning veterans of the legion XXII Deiotariana honourably discharged after 20 years of service. The edict granted Roman citizenship and the right of legal marriage (conubium) with their wives; the copy was certified as taken from a bronze tablet in the Great Caesareum. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Latin · Latin

Transcription

Imperatore Caesare divi Vespasiani filio Domitiano Augusto Flavio Clemente consulibus[…] veteranorum ascriptorum[…] Alexandriaead Aegyptum[…] Sexti filius Galeria[…] testatus est eos qui signaturi essent se discriptum et recognitum fecisse ex tabula aenea quae fixa est in Caesareo Magno sub porticum sinisteriorem in pariete, in qua scriptum fuit id quod infra scriptum est Imperator Caesar divi Vespasiani filius Domitianus Augustus pontifex maximus tribunicia potestate xv dicit visum est mihi edicere eorum qui militaverunt in Aegypto in legione xxii Deiotariana qui xx stipendiis emeritis honesta missione dimissi sunt quorum nomina infra scripta sunt[…] civitatem Romanam dedit et conubium cum uxoribus quas tunc habuissent n[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
In the consulship of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus, son of the deified Vespasian, and Flavius Clemens, […] of the veterans enrolled […] at Alexandria near Egypt […] son of Sextus, of the Galerian tribe, […] called to witness those who were going to seal that he had copied and checked it from the bronze tablet which is fixed in the Great Caesareum under the left-hand portico on the wall, on which was written what is written below: Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus, son of the deified Vespasian, pontifex maximus, holding the tribunician power for the 15th time, says: It has seemed good to me to proclaim that of those who served in Egypt in the legion XXII Deiotariana, who, having completed 20 years of service, were discharged with honourable discharge, whose names are written below, […] he gave Roman citizenship and the right of marriage with the wives whom they then had […]

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Found at probably Alexandria, Egypt

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