Osservazioni in tema di conferimenti di cittadinanza a reges socii et amici populi Romani

The paper highlights how the bestowal of citizenship on reges socii et amici populi Romani was a phenomenon that did not precede the Augustan age. On the other hand, the bestowal of citizenship had a value mainly in relation to the interactions between these dynasties and the Romans, as this ius civitatis was not perceived as relevant by other (still) non-Roman subjects. In this regard, the speaker emphasised a specific case, namely the dynasty of Emesa, for which he provided some new evidence to supplement the dossier. Coming to citizenship with Gaius Iulius Iamblichs II, the Emesa dynasty, of which the emperor Heliogabalus would have been a descendant in the 3rd century AD, only rarely made use of references to the tria nomina in the inscriptions placed in its territory during the 1st century AD.