The Laterculus Veronensis or Verona List is a list of Roman provinces and barbarian peoples from the time of the emperors Diocletian and Constantine I, most likely from AD 314.
The list is transmitted only in a 7th-century manuscript preserved in the Chapter Library of Verona.[1] The most recent critical edition is that of Timothy Barnes (1982). Earlier editions include those by Theodor Mommsen (1862), Otto Seeck in his edition of the Notitia dignitatum (1876), and Alexander Riese in his Geographi Latini minores (1878).
The document comprises a list of the names of all the provinces of the empire (c. 100 in total), organised according to the twelve newly created regional groupings called dioceses. Although the dioceses are presented in a single list, they are not ordered in a single geographical sequence but rather in two separate eastern and western groups, the eastern group (Oriens, Pontica, Asiana, Thraciae, Moesiae, Pannoniae) preceding the western (Britanniae, Galliae, Viennensis, Italiae, Hispaniae, Africa). The split is apparent from the discontinuity midway in the list between the dioceses of Pannoniae and Britanniae. The eastern half of the list circles the Mediterranean neatly anticlockwise from south to north or, in continental terms, from Africa, through Asia, to Europe. The arrangement of the western half is less tidy, though it is approximately anticlockwise from north to south, or from Europe to Africa.
The barbarian peoples listed may in some instance have lived outside of the provincial structure of the empire, but they are all clearly regarded as living within the empire. Even in the cases of those barbarians clearly living within provinces, however, the Laterculus suggests that a meaningful distinction was drawn between "civilized" and "uncivilized" areas.
Theodor Mommsen had dated the provincial situation in the list to 297, but later research changed the estimate to 314–324 for the Eastern Half and 303–314 for the Western Half of the Roman empire. The most recent work by Timothy Barnes and Constantin Zuckerman concludes that the entire document belongs to a single moment, c. 314, the eastern and western parts corresponding to the respective spheres of responsibility of the emperors Licinius and Constantine during the period between Licinius' defeat of Maximinus Daza in 313 and his own defeat in his first civil war with Constantine in 316–317.
The text on the left is the original Latin, divided into lines beginning with capital letters. The original text uses the interpunct (·) to separate entries and is mostly unicase.[2] The text on the right is an English translation.[3] Latin original
Latin: Incipit eiusdem nomina prouinciarum omnium.
Latin: Diocensis Orientis habet prouincias numero XVIII
Latin: Libia superior
Latin: Libia inferior
Latin: Thebais
Latin: Aegyptus iouia
Latin: Aegyptus herculea
Latin: Arabia
Latin: item Arabia
Latin: Augusta libanensis
Latin: Palestina
Latin: Fenicen
Latin: Syria ecohele
Latin: Augusta eupatenses
Latin: Cilicia
Latin: Isauria
Latin: Tupus
Latin: Mesopotamia
Latin: Osroaena
Latin: Diocensis Pontica habet prouincias numero VII
Latin: Bitinia
Latin: Cappadocia
Latin: Galatia
Latin: Pamplagonia, nunc in duas diuisa
Latin: Diospontus
Latin: Pontus polemiacus
Latin: Armenia minor, nunc et maior addita
Latin: Diocensis Asiana habet prouincias numero VIIII
Latin: Phanfilia
Latin: Frigia prima
Latin: Frigia secunda
Latin: Assa
Latin: Lidia
Latin: Caria
Latin: Insuluae
Latin: Fisidae
Latin: Ellespontus
Latin: Diocensis Tracoae habet prouincias numero VI
Latin: Europa
Latin: Rodope
Latin: Tracia
Latin: Emossanus
Latin: Scitia
Latin: Misia inferior
Latin: Diocensis Misiarum habet prouincias numero XI
Latin: Dacias
Latin: Misia superior margensis
Latin: Dardania
Latin: Macedonia
Latin: Tessalia
Latin: Priantina
Latin: Priualentina
Latin: Epiros noua
Latin: Epiros uetus
Latin: Creta
Latin: Diocensis Pannoniarum habet prouincias numero VII
Latin: Pannonia inferior
Latin: Fauensis
Latin: Dalmatia
Latin: Ualeria
Latin: Pannonia superior
Latin: Noricus pariensis
Latin: Noricus mediterranea
Latin: Diocensis Brittaniarum habet prouincias numero VI
Latin: Primam
Latin: Secundam
Latin: Maxime caesariensis
Latin: Aelauiae caesariensis
Latin: Diocensis Galliarum habet prouincias numero VIII
Latin: Betica prima
Latin: Betica secunda
Latin: Germania prima
Latin: Germania secunda
Latin: Sequania
Latin: Lubdunensis prima
Latin: Lubdunensis secunda
Latin: Alpes graiae et poeninae
Latin: Diocensis Biennensis habet prouincias numero VII
Latin: Biennensis
Latin: Narbonensis prima
Latin: Narbonensis secunda
Latin: Nouem populi
Latin: Aquitanica prima
Latin: Aquitanica secunda
Latin: Alpes maritimas
Latin: Diocensis Italiciana habet prouincias numero XVI
Latin: Beteiam histriam
Latin: Flaminiam picenum
Latin: Tusciam umbrenam
Latin: Apuliam calabriam
Latin: Licaoniam
Latin: Corsicam
Latin: Alpes cotias
Latin: Retica
Latin: Diocensis Hispaniarum habet prouincias numero VI
Latin: Beticam
Latin: Lusitaniam
Latin: Kartaginiensis
Latin: Gallecia
Latin: Tharraconensis
Latin: Mauritania tingitania
Latin: Diocensis Africae habet prouincias numero VII
Latin: Proconsularis
Latin: Bizacina
Latin: Zeugitana
Latin: Numidia cirtensis
Latin: Numidia miliciana
Latin: Mauritania caesariensis
Latin: Mauritania tabia insidiana
Latin: Felix saeculum.
Latin: Gentes barbarae, quae pullulauerunt sub imperatoribus
Latin: Scoti
Latin: Picti
Latin: Calidoni
Latin: Rugi
Latin: Heruli
Latin: Saxones
Latin: Camari
Latin: Crinsiani
Latin: Amsiuari
Latin: Angri angriuari
Latin: Fleui
Latin: Bructeri
Latin: Cati
Latin: Burgunziones
Latin: Alamanni
Latin: Sueui
Latin: Franci
Latin: Gallouari
Latin: Iotungi
Latin: Armilausini
Latin: Marcomanni
Latin: Quadi
Latin: Taifruli
Latin: Hermundubi
Latin: Uandali
Latin: Sarmatae
Latin: Sciri
Latin: Carpi
Latin: Scitae
Latin: Gothi
Latin: Indii
Latin: Armeni
Latin: Horro [ ]
Latin: Palmoerni
Latin: Mosoritae
Latin: Marmeritae
Latin: Theui
Latin: Isaur [ ]
Latin: Friges
Latin: Persae
Latin: Item gentes, quae in Mauretaniae sunt
Latin: Mauri gensani
Latin: Mauri mazazeses
Latin: Mauri baueres
Latin: Mauri bacautes
Latin: Celtitibari
Latin: Turini
Latin: Ausitani
Latin: Calpitani
Latin: Cantabri
Latin: Enantes
Latin: Nomina ciuitatum, trans Renum fluuium quae sunt
Latin: Usiphorum [{{lang|la|Usipiorum}}]
Latin: Tuuanium [{{lang|la|Tubantum}}]
Latin: Nictrensium
Latin: Nouarii
Latin: Casuariorum [{{lang|la|Chasuariorum}}]
Latin: Istae omnes ciuitates trans Renum in formulam Belgicae primae redactae. Trans castellum Montiacesenam LXXX leugas trans Renum Romani possederunt. Istae ciuitates sub Gallieno imperatore a barbaris occupatae sunt. Leuga una habet mille quingentos passus. Explicit.English translation
Here begins the names of all the provinces.
The diocese of the East has 18 provinces [only 17 listed]:
Libya Superior
The diocese of Pontus has 7 provinces:
Paphlagonia, now [after 384] divided in two
Diospontus
Pontus Polemoniacus
Armenia Minor, now [after 381] greatly expanded
The diocese of Asia has 9 provinces:
Phrygia Prima
the Islands
Hellespontus
The diocese of Thrace has 6 provinces:
Moesia Inferior
The diocese of the Moesias has 11 provinces:
Dacia and Dacia Ripensis
Moesia Superior
The diocese of the Pannonias has 7 provinces:
The diocese of the Britains has 6 provinces [only 4 listed]:
The diocese of the Gauls has 8 provinces:
Sequania
The diocese of Viennensis has 7 provinces:
The Italian diocese has 16 provinces [only 8 listed]:[4]
Flaminia et Picenum
Tuscia et Umbria
The diocese of the Spains has 6 provinces:
The diocese of Africa has 7 provinces:
Numidia Cirtensis
Numidia Militiana
A happy age.
Barbarian peoples who grew under the dominion of the emperors:[6]
?[7]
?[9]
The peoples that are in Mauretania:[11]
The names of cities that are across the river Rhine:
[city] of the Usipetes
[city] of the Tubantes
[city] of the Chasuarii
All these cities across the Rhine were received into the rule of Belgica Prima. Across from the fortress of Mogontiacum, the Romans possessed 80 leagues beyond the Rhine. Under the Emperor Gallienus, these cities were occupied by barbarians. One league has one thousand five hundred paces [i.e., 1.5 [[Roman mile]]s]. Explicit.