#municipium

Municipium

Ancient Roman term for a town or city

In ancient Rome, the Latin term municipium referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the municipium was a social contract among municipes, or citizens of the town. The duties were a communal obligation assumed by the municipes in exchange for the privileges and protections of citizenship. Every citizen was a municeps.

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