Pag ( lat. Pagus ) is the smallest administrative-territorial unit of those shared by the provinces in ancient Rome .
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Etymology
It comes from the Latin root pΔg-, the apophony of the Indo-European * pag-, which means βfix, markβ (cf. English peg). Originally meant, obviously, "the border marked on the ground."
Functions in Ancient Rome
Pagi were a combination of several villages, villas or estates. They did not have political independence, but they had their masters. Through the magistrates, the pagas were responsible for the serviceability of the roads on their territory, had their own special ceremonies, the masters of the pag leased the land of the pag. [one]
Post-Roman Functions
Pag as a designation of a territorial unit continued to exist in the post-Roman period - to designate a territory subject to the Merovingian or Carolingian count. Pug was divided into manors . The borders of most of the natural-historical regions of France coincide with the borders of these counties (for example, the former county of Commenge , the former county of Pontieux ).
See also
- Historical areas of France
- A detailed list of historical regions of France with units .
Notes
- β Staerman E. M. The history of the peasantry in ancient Rome (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment April 6, 2012. Archived March 4, 2016.
Links
- Pagus // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.