military diploma
- Museum number
- 1813,1211.2
- Description
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Copper alloy military discharge diploma, issued by the emperor Trajan to Reburrus, a Spanish decurion (junior officer) in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment, granting him Roman citizenship and the right of legal marriage with a present or future wife.
- Production date
- 103
- Dimensions
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Length: 15.60 centimetres
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Width: 13.30 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
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Bronze military diploma
Roman Britain, AD 103
From Malpas, Cheshire
This official certificate is inscribed on two joining bronze plates. It was issued by the Roman emperor Trajan (AD 98-117) to Reburrus, a Spanish decurion (junior officer) in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment.
It granted him Roman citizenship and the right of legal marriage with a present or future wife. These privileges were usually granted to the non-citizen auxiliary soldiers when they retired after completing the twenty-five year period of miltary service, but occasionally they were conferred earlier as a reward, for example, for conspicuous bravery in battle.
Such diplomas included information on many different military units and are of great importance today to historians of the Roman army.
Joins 1813,1211.1.
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This official certificate is inscribed on two joining bronze plates. It was issued by the Roman emperor Trajan (AD 98-117) to Reburrus, a Spanish decurion (junior officer) in the 1st Pannonian cavalry regiment.
It granted him Roman citizenship and the right of legal marriage with a present or future wife. These privileges were usually granted to the non-citizen auxiliary soldiers when they retired after completing the twenty-five year period of miltary service, but occasionally they were conferred earlier as a reward, for example, for conspicuous bravery in battle.
Such diplomas included information on many different military units and are of great importance today to historians of the Roman army.
- Location
- On display (G49/dc9)
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1813,1211.2
