Margaret M. Roxan was honorary research fellow at the UCL Institute of Archaeology at her death in 2003, and was the world's leading expert on Roman military diplomas. Margaret was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1981, and was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute.

• * Foreword* Check List of Diplomas and Their Literature* Select Bibliography* Table of Diplomas Published Since 1954* A Chronology of the Published Diplomas* Critical Signs* Diplomas* Appendix* Indices