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Królczyk, Krzysztof: Roman veterans in Novae (Moesia Inferior)
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Krzysztof Królczyk
Poznań
ROMAN YETERANS IN NOVAE (MOESIA INFERIOR)
In the history of the Roman settlement in Lower Moesia we can distinguish
two different periods. The first of them was the lst century AD, when this settle-
ment was relatively weak and concentrated mostly along the Danubian limes.
The second one began with the end of the Dacian wars conducted by emperor
Traian, after the new province of Dacia had been created and the situation on the
lower Danube had been stabilized. The settlement became much morę intensive
then and comprised also the internal part of Moesia [Mrozewicz 1982a, 13].
Among the Roman settlers in the frontier provinces of the Roman Empire
there were in a great number discharged Roman soldiers from different units of
exercitus Romams, i.e. veterans. After the end of the service they settled down
in most cases not far from the place, where their units were stationed. The same
was in the case of Lower Moesia, where many veterans, both from legions and
auxiliary forces, were attested Królczyk [1998, 220-248]. In this short paper I
would like to say a few words about veterans who settled down in the nearest
neighbourhood of the legionary fortress in Novae [Polaschek 1936; Press, Sar-
nowski 1990; I.Gr.Lat.Novae, 11-19].
The only source to analyse this subject are the inscriptions in which veterans,
sometimes with their families, had been mentioned. Today we know 17 inscrip-
tions of veterans from Novae. One of them is the collective inscription drawn up
by all veterans from legio I Italica in honour of pro salute emperor Hadrian (fig.
1). The remaining ones are funerary and votive inscriptions. All of them had
been written in the Latin alphabet. This number is not very big, especially if we
take into account that so far we have known from Novae ca 180 Roman inscrip-
tions, both Latin and Greek [see: I.Gr.Lat.Novae], so these 17 make only less
than 10%. That is why we have to be very cautious in formulating any conclu-
sion.
The history of the legionary fortress in Novae began in 45 AD when legio
VIII Augusta came here. This unit stationed on the lower Danube to 69 AD,
when it was withdrawn to Germania [Oldenstein-Pferdehirt 1984, 400-401]. It
Poznań
ROMAN YETERANS IN NOVAE (MOESIA INFERIOR)
In the history of the Roman settlement in Lower Moesia we can distinguish
two different periods. The first of them was the lst century AD, when this settle-
ment was relatively weak and concentrated mostly along the Danubian limes.
The second one began with the end of the Dacian wars conducted by emperor
Traian, after the new province of Dacia had been created and the situation on the
lower Danube had been stabilized. The settlement became much morę intensive
then and comprised also the internal part of Moesia [Mrozewicz 1982a, 13].
Among the Roman settlers in the frontier provinces of the Roman Empire
there were in a great number discharged Roman soldiers from different units of
exercitus Romams, i.e. veterans. After the end of the service they settled down
in most cases not far from the place, where their units were stationed. The same
was in the case of Lower Moesia, where many veterans, both from legions and
auxiliary forces, were attested Królczyk [1998, 220-248]. In this short paper I
would like to say a few words about veterans who settled down in the nearest
neighbourhood of the legionary fortress in Novae [Polaschek 1936; Press, Sar-
nowski 1990; I.Gr.Lat.Novae, 11-19].
The only source to analyse this subject are the inscriptions in which veterans,
sometimes with their families, had been mentioned. Today we know 17 inscrip-
tions of veterans from Novae. One of them is the collective inscription drawn up
by all veterans from legio I Italica in honour of pro salute emperor Hadrian (fig.
1). The remaining ones are funerary and votive inscriptions. All of them had
been written in the Latin alphabet. This number is not very big, especially if we
take into account that so far we have known from Novae ca 180 Roman inscrip-
tions, both Latin and Greek [see: I.Gr.Lat.Novae], so these 17 make only less
than 10%. That is why we have to be very cautious in formulating any conclu-
sion.
The history of the legionary fortress in Novae began in 45 AD when legio
VIII Augusta came here. This unit stationed on the lower Danube to 69 AD,
when it was withdrawn to Germania [Oldenstein-Pferdehirt 1984, 400-401]. It