In addition, bribery of governors, or other high officials, was undoubtedly a much-used route for wealthy "peregrini" to gain citizenship. This was the case of the commander of the Roman auxiliaries who arrested St Paul the Apostle in AD 60. He confessed to Paul: "I became a Roman citizen by paying a large amount of money." Inhabitants of cities that were granted "municipium" status (as were many capital cities of "civitates peregrinae") acquired Latin rights, which included "connubium", the right to marry a Roman citizen. The children of such a union would inherit citizenship, providing it was the father who held citizenship.