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New evidence from Ankara for the collegia veteranorum and the albata decursio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Julian Bennett
Julian Bennett
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Bilkent University, Ankara
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Abstract

A tombstone of a legionary centurion found in Ankara proves to be of wider and greater significance than was originally recognised. Not only does it offer valuable evidence for early local recruitment patterns into the Roman legions, but, more importantly, it supplies the fifth recorded reference in the entire Roman Empire for a collegium veteranorum, a fraternity of army veterans; and the fourth known record in the whole epigraphic corpus for the albata decursio, or ‘white parade uniform’.

Özet

Ankara'da bulunmuş olan bir lejyoner centuria komutanına (subay) ait mezar taşının başlangıçta tahmin edildiğinden daha da önemli olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu mezar taşı, Roma lejyonlarına, sanıldığından daha erken zamanlarda yerli asker alındığı bilgisini içermektedir. Ayrica bu mezar taşi tüm Roma İmparatorluğu'nda collegium veteranorum (emekli askerler kulübü) hakkında kaydedilmiş olan beşinci belgeyi oluşturmakta ve tüm yazıtlar içerisinde bilinen dördüncü örnek olan albata decursio (beyaz tören üniforması) ödülünün kayıtlarını içermektedir.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 56 , December 2006 , pp. 95 - 101
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2006

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