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Last Updated on 12 Jul 2019

Author: Andreas Victor Walser

CAPInv. 1954: collegium veteranorum qui Ancyra consistunt

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Galatia
iii. Site Ankara

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) collegium veteranorum qui Ancyra consistunt (I.Ankara 164 l. 9-12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) collegium veteranorum qui Ancyra consistunt

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 81 - 96

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:veteranorum, "of veterans"
Topographical:qui Ancyra consistunt, "who reside at Ancyra"
iii. Descriptive terms collegium

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Ankara 164
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Large rectangular block of hard, grey limestone, originally part of a larger monument which supported a statue.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Ankara, brought to the Roman baths.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The association is constituted by the veterans of the legions living in Ankara.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
iii. Age Elders
Note As veterans, the members had usually served for 25 years in the army and are, therefore, of advanced age.
iv. Status The members were veterani, and therefore also Roman citizens.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The collegium honors one of their own most probably with a statue honoris causa.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments On collegia militaria in general see most recently Perea Yebénes 1999, also Stoll 2015: 70-71 with n. 179.
iii. Bibliography Perea Yebénes, S. (1999), COLLEGIA MILITARIA. Asociaciones militares en el Imperio romano. Madrid.
Stoll, O. (2015), Veteranen im römischen Nahen Osten der Kaiserzeit. Berlin.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note On the basis of the terminology employed, it is certain that the collegium was a private association.