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Municipium

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A '''''municipium''''' was the second highest class of a Ancient Rome Roman city, and was inferior in status to the ''colonia''. The first municipium was Tusculum. Municipia (of the first order) had full Roman citizenship and rights (civitas optimo iure), including the right to vote. A second order of municipia were typically formerly important tribal centres. Unlike the first order of municipia, residents in these municipia were not full Roman citizens (but its Magistratus 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. Most significantly, they had no right to vote (this was the ultimate right in Rome, and a sure sign of full rights). A municipium was governed by a council of four annually elected officials, all under the thumb of Roman rule. The only known Municipium in Roman Britain was St Albans, then called Verulamium. {{Ancient-Rome-stub}} Category: Ancient Rome Category:Roman towns and cities de:Municipium es:Municipium ru:Муниципии Древнего Рима sv:Municipium