Provinciae

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Provinciae

Please |help| us convert the |Dictionary of Roman Coins| from scans to text by typing the original text here. Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate.    Provinciae.  Provinces. - These were territories which the Romans had either conquered in war or obtained possession of by other means.  They formed a third part of the empire and for the purposes of government were divided into consular, proconsular, praetorian and praesidial according to the respective rank and dignity of the magistrates appointed to rule over them.  The maxim of the Republic at that time being to reshape the countries which it subdued into so many distinct governments.

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