9th February 2008, 04:10 PM
Quote:quote:These fragments belong to a Roman military diploma issued to the auxiliary forces of the province of Britannia. Units known to have been based in Britannia such as the cohors I Tungrorum, the III Bracaraugustanorum, and the III Lingonum,, IIII Delmatarum, and V Raetorum can be identifed from the fotos. The text of the larger fragment also confirms towards the end SVNT IN BRITA(NNIA). The exact date of the fragment needs further investigation, but it will likely have been issued from the time of Hadrian to Commodus. In all some 30 diplomas issued for Britannia are known to date, out of ca. 1000 diplomas for all provinces, praetorian, and fleet units combined throughout the Roman empire. A more detailed transcript will follow soon.
It would definitely be worth to get clearer fotos, and if the finder is interested we could publish it for him in an archeological/epigrahic journal.
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