De censibus libri
Ex libro II
Paulus, On Taxation, Book II. In Lusitania, the cities of Pax-Julia and Merida possess the privileges of those of Italy, Valencia, and Burgos also enjoy the same exemption. 1Lyons, and Vienna in Narbonnese Gaul, also have the privileges of Italian cities. 2In lower Germany, the people of Cologne enjoy the same rights. 3Laodicea in Syria, and Berytus in Phoenicia, together with the territory under their jurisdiction, also have the privileges of Italian cities. 4The same privileges were conferred by the Divine Severus and Antoninus upon the city of Tyre. 5The Divine Antoninus exempted the people of Antioch from the payment of taxes. 6Our Emperor Antoninus constituted the city of Emesa a colony entitled to the privileges of Italy. 7The Divine Vespasian constituted the people of Cæsarea colonists, without conferring upon them the privileges of Italy, but released them from personal taxation. The Divine Titus, however, decided that their soil should also be exempt from taxation, for it was considered that they resembled the inhabitants of Ælia Capitolina. 8In the Province of Macedonia, the inhabitants of Dyrrachium, Cassandra, Philippi, Dien, and Stone are entitled to the privileges of Italy. 9In the Province of Asia, the two cities of Troy and Paros enjoy Italian privileges. 10In Pisidia, the colony of Antioch enjoys the same rights. 11In Africa, Carthage, Utica, and Leptis-Magna were granted the privileges of the cities of Italy by the Divine Severus and Antoninus.