A Roman term of political classification, for a community incorporated into the Roman state after the dissolution of the Latin League. Initially, inhabitants of these municipalities were considered Roman citizens without voting rights. As the Italian provinces were incorporated into the Roman state, residents of the municipia were registered in the tribes and accorded full political rights. These cities maintained a certain amount of autonomy and were permitted to have their own governments; there was a uniform pattern of local government under four magistrates. However, the municipia remained under the jurisdiction of Rome in matters of foreign policy, and they supplied Rome with troops and were not permitted to mint money. By the 1st century BC, all Latin and Italian communities became municipia. Later, municipium status was granted widely in the western provinces.