The Constitutio Antoniniana: The Universalization of Roman Citizenship

212 CE · Roma · political

Emperor Caracalla granted Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire; the measure can also be read as an attempt to broaden the tax base.

| The most far-reaching citizenship measure of antiquity; confirmation that Roman identity rested on legal rather than ethnic foundations.

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What was The Constitutio Antoniniana: The Universalization of Roman Citizenship?
Emperor Caracalla granted Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the empire; the measure can also be read as an attempt to broaden the tax base.
When did The Constitutio Antoniniana: The Universalization of Roman Citizenship happen?
212 CE
Where did The Constitutio Antoniniana: The Universalization of Roman Citizenship take place?
Roma