Concilium provinciae

A Concilium provinciae ( Latin for "Provincial Council", in German mostly translated as "Provincial Parliament", in the Greek-speaking east of the empire koinon ) was an assembly of delegates from all settlements and cities of a Roman province , who met once a year in the capital of the corresponding region to hold celebrations in honor of the goddess Roma , a personification of the Roman state. The celebrations were presided over by a Flemish priest who was elected annually by the assembly.

Apart from the ceremonial and religious aspect of the gathering, the Concilium provinciae also had the function of a state parliament of the local aristocracy and political elite, at which internal issues and problems of the province were discussed or, for example, embassies were formed to represent regional interests in Rome .

See also

• Ara trium Galliarum - Provincial Assembly of the Gallic Provinces
• Ara Ubiorum - Provincial Parliament for Germania

literature

• Jürgen Deininger: The provincial parliaments of the Roman Empire from Augustus to the end of the third century AD Beck, Munich 1965.