Oct 25, 2010 10:20
13 yrs ago
Spanish term

ciudad tributaria

Spanish to English Social Sciences History
This is reference to Vic (a town in Catalonia):

La ocupación romana hizo de Vic una ***ciudad tributaria*** de gran importancia, construyéndose en el S II un templo en el punto más alto de la urbe.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 tributary city
3 +1 stipendiary citiy

Discussion

Ross Andrew Parker (asker) Oct 25, 2010:
It looks like the term is derived from the Latin "civitas stipendiaria". At the moment, I'm inclined to use civitas stipendiaria (“tributary town”), with "civitas stipendiaria" in italics. Thanks for the ideas!

Proposed translations

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tributary city

i.e. a city that pays tribute to its conqueror.
Peer comment(s):

agree Noni Gilbert Riley : or "tribute-paying city" to make it quite clear.
6 mins
Thanks, Noni :)
agree liz askew : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dvqS9Hy...
7 mins
Thanks for the reference, Liz :)
agree Jim Tucker (X)
4 hrs
agree philgoddard : A fine example of Occam's razor...
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Simon (and to everyone else)"
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stipendiary citiy

The city and liberty of Rochester - General history and ...
It was accounted in the time of the Romans, one of their stipendiary cities, of which sort they had twelve in this island. (fn. 5) ...
www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53798 - Cached - Similar

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oops

city

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Classical Views | 1996 | No. 1 | Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus | GUY ...
Mytilene lost its freedom and became a stipendiary city to Rome until 62 B.C., ... Labarre discusses the inscriptional evidence for Roman ininfluencen ...
www.arts.mun.ca/mouseion/1997/reviews/labarre.html - Cached - Similar

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C., dejó de ser ciudad estipendiaria, que pagaba tributo a Roma, y se convirtió en municipium, ciudad gobernada por ciudadanos romanos, creciendo el estatus ...
www.flickr.com/photos/toni_duarte/4365947034/ - Cached

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Roman Spain - Google Books Result
S. J. Keay - 1988 - History - 240 pages
... Barrio del Popolo.15 The commonest form of native town was the civitas stipendiaries — a town which regularly paid tribute and other exactions to Rome. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0520063805...

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Lecture 11: Republican Rome, 509-31BC
The provinces paid tribute to Rome either in money or in kind. The Romans went on to devise a system of tax collection which eventually became totally ...
www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture11b.html - Cached - Similar

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Latin synonyms, with their different significations: and examples ... - Google Books Result
Jean Baptiste Gardin Dumesnil, J. M. Gosset - 1825 - Latin language - 579 pages
... Id., He gave him horses for which a tax is paid, (like our post, horses.) Generally tributaria; civitates are cities that pay a tribute; stipendiaries, ...
books.google.co.uk/books?id=blhFAAAAYAAJ...

I think Simon is right:)
Peer comment(s):

agree Christine Walsh
1 hr
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