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Epigraphic evidence of the Dalmatians in the Roman Africa provinces

The paper discusses the epigraphic traces of Dalmatian population in the Roman provinces of Africa. There are at least 15 inscriptions found in Egypt, Numidia, Africa proconsularis, Mauretania Caesariensis and Mauretania Tingitana, but in Dalmatia as well, on which we can discern the presence of 19 Dalmatians. Almost all of them were the members of the military troops, among which one can see that the Dalmatians mostly served in cohortes Delmatarum located in Mauretania Caesariensis and in legio III Augusta. It is significant that several of them held very high military positions and were distinguished people of their times.

Dalmatians; Africa; cohortes Delmatarum; legio III Augusta; inscriptions

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