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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 3695890, member: 86498&quot;]The fundamental problem is with the theory of colonists to Nemausus being retired legionaries is that the city was already a colony with Latin rights as of 40 B.C. and became a colony with citizens rights in 28 B.C. Until I talked to some of the local historians at the museum in Nimes I too subscribed to that theory. When I did my research I could find no concrete evidence to support it. Agrippa had been governor of Trans Alpine Gaul and was a benefactor to the city&nbsp; I suspect that the reference is more general. Basically they found a way to honor a benefactor to the city and the man responsible for granting them full Roman citizenship and celebrating the campaign both of them are associated with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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