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ciudad tributaria

English translation: tributary city

10:20 Oct 25, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
Spanish term or phrase: ciudad tributaria
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.
Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 09:35
English translation:tributary city
Explanation:
i.e. a city that pays tribute to its conqueror.
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:35
Grading comment
Thanks, Simon (and to everyone else)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4tributary city
Simon Bruni
3 +1stipendiary citiy
liz askew


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tributary city


Explanation:
i.e. a city that pays tribute to its conqueror.

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 146
Grading comment
Thanks, Simon (and to everyone else)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stipendiary citiy


Explanation:
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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Note added at 24 mins (2010-10-25 10:44:44 GMT)
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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:)

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Walsh
1 hr
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