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TheBierzo Edict, also referred to as theEdict of Augustus from El Bierzo and theBembibre Bronze is a controversial document dated to 15 BC found inEl Bierzo inSpain in 1999.[1] The document is a bronze tablet measuring 24.15 cm x 15.6 cm. At the top it has a moulded 3 cm ring.[2]
The inscription contains the combined publication of twoedicts byAugustus, one issued on 14 February and the other on 15 February.[3][2][4]
"The emperor Caesar Augustus, son of The Divine, in his ninthtribunitial power andproconsul, says:I knew from mylegates which presided over the Transdurian province [note, this province disappears during Augustus also] that the inhabitants of the Paemeiobrigensian hillfort [=castellum, it could just mean a community in general], belonging to the people of the Susarri, had remained faithful, while the rest became dissidents. Therefore, I bestow them a permanent immunity and the possession of their land [it therefore did not become ager publicus], with the same boundaries which they had when my legate Lucius Sextus Quirinalis governed this province [historical note, this area was supposedly pacified after the Cantabrian Wars, BC29-19, and this edict is from BC15].To the inhabitants of the Paemeiobrigan hillfort [again, castellum], of the people of the Susarri, and onto which I bestowed full immunity, I restore to their place the people of the Aliobrigiaecinan hillfort [castellum], of the people of the Gigurri, into the same civitas, and order that these from the Alobrigiaecino hillfort fulfill all the obligations together [within] the Susarrans.Said inNarbo Martius (Narbonne) the 16th and 15th days before thekalends of March, being consulsM. Drusus Libo andL. Calpurnius Piso."
An international symposium was organised by the city museum ofLeón, Spain in 2001 which discussed the inscription and various anomalies including the lead content of the bronze, various textual issues, the two dates and the title given to Augustus.[5]
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