Honesta missio

[3] Auxiliary soldiers,[4] called peregrini (non-Roman citizens of the Empire), usually received Roman citizenship and conubium (permission to marry)[5] for themselves and their descendants along with the honesta missio.

[4] The imperial order about these grants were often later documented on bronze military certificates, but which were not necessarily directly related to the discharge.

These orders might also include rights to cash and land, poll tax exemption for up to four people, and immunities from various duties.

Veterans, as honestiores, fulfilled important functions in the local civil administration of their mostly rural homes, thus contributing significantly to the stability of the empire and the Hellenization or Romanization of the areas they had subjugated.

These men were forbidden by law to live in Rome or to enter the imperial service, and they could be marked (branded or tattooed).