Constitutio Antoniniana and Its Impact on Roman Citizenship

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Constitutio Antoniniana and Its Impact on Roman Citizenship

GALAMBOSI, Frederik

Basic information

Original name

Constitutio Antoniniana and Its Impact on Roman Citizenship

Name in Czech

Constitutio Antoniniana a její dopad na římské občanství

Authors

GALAMBOSI, Frederik (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

GLAS (Graecae Latinaeque Antiquitati Studentes), 10.-12.05.2019, University of Zadar, Croatia, 2019

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60101 History

Country of publisher

Croatia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00109650

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords (in Czech)

Constitutio Antoniniana; římské občanství; římská říše; císař Caracalla

Keywords in English

Constitutio Antoniniana; Roman Citizenship; Roman Empire; Emperor Caracalla

Abstract

V originále

In the times of the Roman Empire the definition of what is was to be Roman was changing; in fact, the idea of what was “Latin” was becoming, as one historian expressed, less ethnic and more political. By 212 CE the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Caracalla, took steps to make all male residents of the empire full citizens, this proposal was called the Constitutio Antoniniana. Many historians question the rationale for this sudden benevolent act. Systematic studies of what it meant to be a citizen in the Roman world almost everytime stop at this point, on the assumption that once everyone who was eligible had Roman citizenship, citizen status ceased to be a meaningful component of personal or legal identity in the Roman world. A close examination of evidence, however, challenges the prevailing opinion and suggests that concepts of citizenship, from the personal, legal, and metaphorical perspectives, continued to play a vital role in defining personal and legal identity after 212 AD. In particular, Roman citizenship continued not only to be a factor in how people perceived themselves, but also to entail legal rights that were available only to persons identified as Roman citizens. The Antonine Constitution did not put an end to distinctions created by differences in citizenship status, but it rather ancompassed various manifestations of citizenship – civic, provincial, religious and ethnic – that could create a different kinds of personal and legal identities and interact in different ways. This paper researches the various questions concerning the topic of Roman citizenship, especially during the time of the Roman Empire. The focus of the paper will be on the concepts of the citizenship and the Roman identity from the historical point of view.

Links

MUNI/A/1269/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Výzkum starověkých jazyků mediteránního prostoru, jejich písemnictví a příslušných kultur, včetně jejich recepce – 2019 (Acronym: Staré jazyky a kultury)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

GALAMBOSI, Frederik. Constitutio Antoniniana and Its Impact on Roman Citizenship. In GLAS (Graecae Latinaeque Antiquitati Studentes), 10.-12.05.2019, University of Zadar, Croatia. 2019.

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GALAMBOSI, Frederik. Constitutio Antoniniana and Its Impact on Roman Citizenship. In \textit{GLAS (Graecae Latinaeque Antiquitati Studentes), 10.-12.05.2019, University of Zadar, Croatia}. 2019.

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