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In the year 200, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus gave it the status of a city under a new Greek name, "Eleutheropolis", meaning "City of the Free", and its inhabitants were given the "ius italicum". Coins minted by Septimius Severus bear the date January 1, 200, commemorating its founding and the title of "polis".