Das Stadtgesetzfragment von Vindobona

Abstract

In 1913 a small fragment of a Roman bronze tablet only containing a few words was discovered in the course of construction works, which took place in the area of the former legionary fortress Vindobona. Through comparing those words with texts of the Flavian municipal laws found in Spain at the end of last century, it was possible to identify the fragment as a municipal charter of an autonomous Roman community. On the one hand this article attempts to reconstruct possible meanings of the fragmentary text, on the other hand it provides evidence of the existence of the municipium Vindobonense.