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title: Lex Malacitana from Roman Málaga
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7544/lex-malacitana-from-roman-malaga/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Lex Malacitana from Roman Málaga

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Lex Malacitana from Roman Málaga](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7544.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7544.jpg)

## Image Caption

This tablet is made of [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) and was made c. 81-96 CE in Málaga, Spain. The "Lex Malacitana" was a fundemental pillar of the new Hispano-[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [culture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/culture/). In order to maintain order in the [empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/), [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/) pased laws governing both public and private life. This legal tablet is a public document once displayed ont he [wall](https://www.worldhistory.org/wall/) of a government building. It contains part of the [law](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/law/) granted to "Municipium Flavium Malacitano" (Málaga) when Emperor [Vespasian](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vespasian/) gave the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) a municipal charter. (Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2017, November 03). Lex Malacitana from Roman Málaga. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7544/lex-malacitana-from-roman-malaga/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Lex Malacitana from Roman Málaga." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 03, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7544/lex-malacitana-from-roman-malaga/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Lex Malacitana from Roman Málaga." *World History Encyclopedia*, 03 Nov 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7544/lex-malacitana-from-roman-malaga/>.

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