Readers of Asterix will be familiar with Le Cadeau de César! Upon retirement, servicemen were granted citizenship (and a plot of land too?)
Alison FiskMeet Tigernos, one of Britain’s earliest named sailors! ⚓️ A Briton and Roman fleet veteran, his story is recorded on the bronze Lanchester Diploma issued by Antoninus Pius in AD 150. It grants him honourable discharge from the Classis Germanica and Roman citizenship. #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology