03-01-2011, 05:16 PM
That's a very interesting question, Jeff. As far as I know, the answer is: "we don't know".
The diplomas, recording the grant of citizenship, do not specify a tribe. But, as the tribe was only significant (afaik) in voting assemblies, the majority of auxiliary veterans perhaps didn't need one.
There's an interesting document of Octavian (BGU II 628), in which he grants veterans entry into the tribe of their choice, but they were perhaps envisaging a return to Rome, where enrolment in a tribe would have been necessary for voting purposes.
The diplomas, recording the grant of citizenship, do not specify a tribe. But, as the tribe was only significant (afaik) in voting assemblies, the majority of auxiliary veterans perhaps didn't need one.
There's an interesting document of Octavian (BGU II 628), in which he grants veterans entry into the tribe of their choice, but they were perhaps envisaging a return to Rome, where enrolment in a tribe would have been necessary for voting purposes.
