Ius Italicum

[4] This list comprises 16 colonies founded by Augustus Caesar: Berytus, Apamea, Sinope, Philippi, Alexandria Troas, Dyrrhacium, Pax Julia, Emerita, Valentia, Ilici, Lugdunum, Vienna, Cassandrea, Dium, Parium, Antioch of Pisidia.

Augustus also enacted the law of Ius Italicum on the following cities in order to house his military legion: Arausio, Baeterrae, Barcino, Caesaraugusta, Cartenna, Corduba, Forum Julii, Gunugu, Narbo, Patrae, Rusazu, Rusguinae, Saldae, Thermae Himeraeae, Thuburbo Minus, Thuburnica, Tubusuctu and Uthina.

[4] Providing land for veterans was a high priority to Augustus and is reflected by the number of colonies that received Ius Italicum.

Septimius Severus, an emperor of African origin, granted Ius Italicum to several Roman municipalities in Africa including his own.

In his Natural History (3.25), Pliny adds Acci and Libisosa to the list of Augustan cities possessing Ius Italicum.

Marble bust of Augustus, the first Roman emperor to heavily use the Ius Italicum.