| Summary: | Starting from the analysis of some chapters of the constitution of the Roman colony of Urso in Baetica (the so-called Lex Coloniae Genetivae Iuliuae seu Ursonensis), the paper aims at explaining some important aspects of the local enrollment. It will be shown that, on the hand, the colony was expected to provide Rome with a certain number of soldiers in case of a war; on the other hand, it will also be possible to point out to the existence of norms which regulated the enrollment of soldiers with the scope of defending the city. From a wider perspective, new reflections on the nature, the scope and the structure of the local constitutions such as the Lex Ursonensis will also be proposed.
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