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civitas Hegrenorum

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

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An inscription found at Mada'in Salih, dating between A.D. 175 and 177, records the restoration of a vallum undertaken by the civitas Hegrenorum, on behalf of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. Cooley et al. note that this provides evidence for Roman soldiers at this site prior to the Severan period.

Romanized Name(s):
civitas Hegrenorum

Name as attested:

civitas Hegrenorum

Language:
Latin

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

EDH HD052268

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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