RHAS
Elite member
- Messages
- 268
- Reaction score
- 22
- Points
- 0
(Comparing historical data with heatmap hotspots.)
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as for Emerita Augusta;
It was a veteran colony founded in 25 BC for veterans of LEG X Gemina and LEG V Alaudae;
as for Emerita Augusta;
Since it was Roman law that only Roman citizens were allowed to serve in the Legions and by 25 BC only the City of Rome, Italic tribes (Social War) and Gallia Cisalpina (Caesar) held Roman Citizenship those Veteran Legionaries were exclusively Italic/Pelasgian (Umbrian/Etruscan) from Roman Italy
as for Emerita Augusta;
those Veteran Legionaries were exclusively Italic/Pelasgian (Umbrian/Etruscan) from Roman Italy; And therefor largely J2a and not J2b; Plus R1b-U152 and G2a;