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210 CE, Rome

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Inscription:

"Imp. Caes(ar), divi M(arci) Antonini Pii Germ(anici) Sarm(atici) f(ilius), divi Commodi frater, divi Antonini Pii nep(os), divi Hadriani pronep(os), divi Traiani Parthic(i) abnep(os), divi Nervae adnepos, L(ucius) Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Aug(ustus) Arabic(us) Adiab(enicus) Parthic(us) Maxim(us), Pontif(ex) Maxim(us), Trib(unicia) Potest(ate) XVIII, Imp(erator) XII, Co(n)s(ul) III, P(ater) P(atriae), Proco(n)s(ul) et Imp. Caes(ar), L(uci) Septimi S[ev]eri Pii Pertinacis Aug(usti) Arab(ici) Adiab(enici) Parthic(i) Maxim(i) f(ilius), divi M(arci) Antonini Pii Germ(anici) Sarm(atici) nep(os), divi Antonini Pii pronep(os), divi Hadriani abnep(os), divi Traiani Parthici et divi Nervae adnep(os), M(arcus) [Aurell]ius Ant[oni]nus Pius Felix Aug(ustus), Trib(unicia P[ot(estate)] XIII, Imp(erator) II, Co(n)s(ul) III, Proc(onsul) et Imp. Caes(ar) Imp. L(ucii) Septimi Severi Pii Pertinacis Aug(usti) Arab(ici) Adiab(enici) Parthic(i) Maxim(i) f(ilius), et Imp. M(arci) Aurelli Antonini Pii Aug(usti) frater, divi M(arci) Antonini Pii Germ(anici) Sarm(atici) nep(os), divi Antonini Pii pronep(os), divi Hadriani abnep(os), divi Traiani Parthici et divi Nervae adnep(os), P. Septimius Geta Pius Felix Aug(ustus), Trib(unicia) P(otestate) II, Co(n)s(ul) II, Proco(n)s(ul) nomina militum, qui militaverunt in cohortibus praetoris decem I, II, III, IIII, V, VI, VII, VII, VIIII, X Piis Vindicibus, qui pie et fortiter militia functi sunt, ius tribuimus conubii dumtaxat cum singulis et primis uxoribus, ut, etiamsi peregrini iuris feminas in matrimonio suo iunxerint, proinde liberos tollant ac si ex duobus [c]ivibus Romanis natos. a(nte) d(iem) VII idus Ianuar(ias). M(anio) Acilio Faustino et A(ulo) Triario Rufino cos. coh(ors) VIII pr(aetoria) p(ia) v(index) L(ucio) Domitio L(uci) f(ilio) Firmo, Caes(area) Mazaca Descriptu(m) et recognitu(m) ex tabula aerea, quae fixa est Romae in muro pos(t) templ(um divi Aug(usti) ad Minervam. [Transcription adapted from M. Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1985-1993 (London, 1994) 322-23, no. 191] [Translation: "The emperor Caesar, son of the deified Marcus Antoninus Pius Germanicus Sarmaticus, brother of the deified Commodus, grandson of the deified Antoninus Pius, great-grandson of the deified Hadrian, great-great-grandson of the deified Trajan Parthicus, great-great-great-grandson of the deified Nerva, Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus, pontifex maximus, in his eighteenth year of tribunician power, imperator for the twelfth time, consul for the third time, father of his country, proconsul, and: The emperor Caesar, son of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus, and grandson of the deified Marcus Antonius Pius Germanicus Sarmaticus, great-grandson of the deified Antoninus Pius, great-great-grandson of the deified Hadrian, great-great-great grandson of the deified Trajan Parthicus and the deified Nerva, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, in his thirteenth year of tribunician power, imperator for the second time, consul for the third time, proconsul, and: The emperor Caesar, son of the emperor Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus, and brother of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus, grandson of the deified Marcus Antoninius Pius Germanicus Sarmaticus, great-grandson of the deified Antoninus Pius, great-great-grandson of the deified Hadrian, great-great-great grandson of the deified Trajan Parthicus and the deified Nerva, Publius Septimius Geta Pius Felix Augustus, in his second year of tribunician power, consul for the second time, proconsul: The names of the soldiers who have served in the ten Faithful and Avenging Praetorian Cohorts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X, who have performed their service faithfully and bravely: (to these) we grant the right of marriage on condition that it is to one and their first wife, understanding that even if they have taken in marriage wives of foreign status, they may raise children just as if (those children) were born from two Roman citizens. Seven days before the Ides of January, in the consulship of Manius Acilius Faustinus and Aulus Triarius Rufinus (7 January 210). The Faithful and Avenging Eighth Praetorian Cohort. To Lucius Domitius Firmus, son of Lucius, from Caesarea Mazaca. Copied and checked from the bronze tablet which is posted at Rome on the wall behind the temple of the deified Augustus, by the temple of Minerva." Translation by Christopher P. Jones, Professor of Classics and History, Harvard University, 24 May 1994.]"