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TREVERI LIBERI ANTEA BY H.-J. VAN DAM In his Geography of Gaul Pliny calls the Treveri liberi antea (N.H. IV 106). Many historians, either or not using Pliny's description as a starting-point, have tried to fix the date of the Treveri's loss of privileges. The common interpretation is that the loss of libertas is in some way connected with the revolt of Florus and Sacrovir in A.D. 21. C. Jullian 1) seems to have been the first to explicitly state this view. He thought that "a la suite du cens de 14-16" tributes were imposed which are to be reckoned among the causes of the revolt. This thesis was developed by A. Grenier, who made use of an article by Tenney Frank 2) ; he combines, as Jullian had already done, the passage from Pliny with Suet. Tib. 49 : Plurimis etiam civitatibus et privatis veteres immunitates et ius metallorum ac vectigalia adempta (sc. a Tiberio), and with Tac. Ann. III 40, 4, where Florus and Sacrovir seditiously disserebant de continuatione tributoyum. Tiberius, he concludes, imposed a purportedly temporary tribute on the civitates liberae and foedeyatae (the passage from Suet.), at the be- ginning of his reign, in
Mnemosyne – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1978
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