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Roman Military Diploma Museum: Introduction Roman Military Diploma On-Line.. Part 1 Introduction To Roman Military Diplomas Roman Military Diplomas / Diplomata (or better citizenship and/or military discharge certificates) are in some way the 'greencards' of Roman times (green also being the dominating color of their bronze patina). Only that today you can win citizenship in a lottery. In Roman times foreigners had to serve for minimum 25 years (army) or 26 years (fleet) or longer in the auxiliary military forces (infantry = cohors, infantry mixed with light cavalry =cohors equitata, heavy cavalry = ala, fleet = classis, or pretorian cohors). In contrast the Roman legions (up to ca. 30 elite units mainly distributed along the borders of the empire, of ca.

5000 'legionaries' each) were reserved for Roman citizens. This distinction is thought to have lost its importance when Caracalla granted Roman citizenship in the early third century to all living in the Roman empire (except to the slaves of course), known as the Constitutio Antoniniana of 212 AD.

Roman Military Diplomas (more than 1000 are known to us and published to date) were/are found all over the Roman empire, mostly but not exclusively in the border provinces. As Diplomas show also the origin of the recipient, we can see that the middle and lower Danube region was a major recruitment area for non-citizens into the Roman auxiliary forces in the first and second century AD. While some veterans seem to have stayed close to their last place of service, many veterans - especially from the Danube region - seem to have returned to their home provinces after serving all over the vast Roman empire (we can conclude that from diplomas whose find spot is known). But there is no clear rule, a diploma could be found anywhere in the Roman empire, regardless of place of origin or service. The massive barbaric invasions in the third century AD destroyed many Roman settlements, some never to be inhabited again, thus conserving diplomas that would otherwise have been melted down eventually for their metal value. Still only a fraction of.