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Internal and external security

aintaining security was an ongoing challenge for Roman governors charged with keeping their provinces “pacified and quiet” (Ulpian, 1.18.13.pr). Supposedly subjugated populations frequently rebelled against Roman administrations: the Iceni in Britannia (AD 60/61),

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