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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2831846, member: 42773&quot;]<b>Singara</b> was a heavily-fortified city in northern Mesopotamia, and the outpost of Legio I Parthica. It was first taken by Trajan, and later became a part of Septimius Severus’ Parthian campaign, at which point it was promoted to the status of a colony. This is a case where coin evidence provides us with facts otherwise unattested elsewhere. We know it was promoted to a colony by SS because of the legends that appear on the later issues of Gordian III and Tranquillina: ΑΥΡ ϹΕΠ ΚΟΛ ϹΙΝΓΑΡΑ, or <i>Aurelia Septimia Colonia Singara.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Here is Tranquillina with Capricorn leaping over Tyche...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]667655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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