Roman colony
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Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- colony
- Country
- Ancient Rome
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Roman colonies
- has characteristic
- Roman law
- topic's main category
- Category:Coloniae (Roman)
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Encyclopedic overview
Map showing the "Roman coloniae" in the second century, after Trajan. A Roman colonia (pl.: coloniae) was originally a settlement of Roman citizens, establishing a Roman outpost in federated or conquered territory, for the purpose of securing it. Eventually, however, the term came to denote the highest status of a Roman city. It is also the origin of the modern term "colony".
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roman colony” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.