CIL, Vol. V, No. 5,050 (=Abbott-Johnson, No. 49=FlRA, Vol. I, No. 71)  

(from Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold, Roman Civilization Volume II, The Empire, 1^st  Edition, 1955, New York, Columbia University Press, pp.130-131)

The edict of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus which is recorded below was issued in the consulship of Marcus Junius Silanus and Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus, on March 15, in the imperial villa at Baiae.

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, holding the tribunician power for the sixth year, acclaimed irnperator eleven times, father of his country, designated consul for the fourth time, declares:

Whereas, owing to ancient unsettled disputes which were of long standing even in the times of my uncle Tiberius Caesar-disputes which concerned only the people of Como and the Bergaleians, as far as my memory serves- Tiberius sent Pinarius Apollinaris for the settlement of the same; and whereas the latter at first because of the obstinate retirement of my uncle, and then because in the Principate of Gaius he was not requested by him to make a report, not unwisely neglected to do so; and whereas subsequently Camurius Statutus reported to me that a good many fields and woodlands are subject to my jurisdiction;

I have for the matter under consideration sent Julius Planta, my friend and adviser. And since he has investigated and examined the matter with the utmost care, in consultation with my procurators, both those who were in the vicinity and those in other parts of the region, with regard to all other matters I grant him permission to make decision and render judgment in accordance with the facts laid before me in the memorandum prepared by him.

But with regard to the status of the Anaunians, the Tulliassians, and the Sindunians, some of whom, as the informer is said to have proved, are merely attributed 117 to the Tridentines, while some do not even have such connection, although I am aware that persons of this category do not have too strong a basis for Roman citizenship; nevertheless, since they are said to have been in possession thereof by long usage and are so amalgamated with the Tridentines that they cannot be separated from them without serious harm to the flourishing municipality, I permit them by my indulgence to retain the legal status which they believed was theirs. And I am all the more inclined to do this because a number of this group are said to be actually serving in my Praetorian Guard, several indeed to have held officer rank, and some are said to be judging cases enrolled as members of jury panels at Rome.

And in granting them this benefaction, I order that all acts performed or done by them acting as if Roman citizens, whether among themselves or in relations with the Tridentines or others, shall be valid, and I allow them to keep the names which, when acting as if Roman citizens, they previously used.