Municipium Municipium

Municipium - Definition and Overview

A municipium was the second highest class of a Roman city, and was inferior in status to the colonia.

Unlike the latter, its citizens were not full Roman citizens (but its magistrates could become so after retirement), but they partook of the duties of full citizens in terms of their liability to taxes and military service. A municipium was governed by a council of four annually elected officials.

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