In ancient Rome, the Latin term municipium (pl.: municipia) referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the municipium was a social contract among municipes...
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(Municipium Turgalium) Municipium Capara (Cáparra), 40°10′00″N 6°06′04″W / 40.1666°N 6.1010°W / 40.1666; -6.1010 (Municipium Capara) Municipium Olisipo...
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20°48′36″E / 43.05472°N 20.81000°E / 43.05472; 20.81000 Municipium Dardanorum or Municipium Dardanicum was a Roman mining town whose life lasted from...
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Municipium Iasorum or Res publica Iasorum was an autonomous territory in ancient Roman Pannonia (in present-day Croatia), located in the area around present-day...
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many communities in the province the privileged status of colonia or municipium (Roman or Latin), especially along the Levante coast, the part of Baetica...
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Ancona (section Roman municipium)
Ancona (/æŋˈkoʊnə/, also US: /ænˈ-, ɑːnˈ-/; Italian: [aŋˈkoːna] ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of Central Italy, with a population of around...
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site was occupied by the Gaulish Boii, and it became a Roman colony and municipium with the name of Bonōnia in 196 BCE. During the waning years of the Western...
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century, Emperor Hadrian (r. 117–38) upgraded the status of Malta to a municipium or free town: the island's local affairs were administered by four quattuorviri...
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San Benedetto dei Marsi (redirect from Marsus municipium)
San Benedetto dei Marsi (Latin: Marruvium, Marrubium; Ancient Greek: Μαρούϊον, romanized: Maroúïon) is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in...
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derives from the Latin municipalis, based on the word for social contract (municipium), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with...
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