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The 45 pages that link to Roman citizenship, each with the reason it gives.

• Roman EmpireRelated: Its gradual extension helped integrate diverse populations into imperial society.

• Roman lawRelated: Citizenship determined who could invoke many rules and procedures of Roman civil law.

• Paul the ApostleRelated: Acts portrays Paul invoking citizenship during legal proceedings, though the letters do not mention it.

• Roman armyRelated: Military service and auxiliary discharge could extend citizenship to people beyond Rome.

• Roman imperial cultRelated: Imperial rites offered provincial communities a public language for expressing belonging to Roman rule.

• Roman GaulRelated: Its gradual extension changed the legal relationship between Gallic inhabitants and Rome.

• Gaius MariusRelated: The citizenship crisis surrounding the Social War formed part of the political world Marius helped shape.

• HadrianRelated: Hadrian's empire relied on varied legal statuses to integrate provincial communities without erasing local differences.

• Pliny the YoungerRelated: Pliny’s cases and correspondence reflect the distinct protections attached to Roman status.

• PrincipateRelated: Imperial rule governed a growing body of citizens across the provinces.

• Roman GreeceRelated: Its gradual extension changed the legal relationship between Greek inhabitants and Rome.

• Roman taxationRelated: Citizenship shaped fiscal obligations, including who could owe direct taxes in different periods.

• Social WarRelated: The allies’ central demand was access to the rights and protections of Roman citizenship.

• FoederatiRelated: Foederate peoples could serve Rome without becoming Roman citizens as a group.

• Roman client kingdomRelated: Roman citizenship could bind local dynasties and elites more closely to Rome.

• Roman emperorRelated: Emperors extended citizenship across the empire, culminating in Caracalla’s grant of 212 CE.

• Ancient RomeRelated: Extending citizenship helped Rome integrate communities beyond the city itself.

• Diocletianic PersecutionRelated: The first edict targeted Christians by removing legal protections and public privileges.

• Roman frontierRelated: Citizenship could incorporate frontier populations into the empire's political order.

• Roman HispaniaRelated: Citizenship grants shaped how provincial communities were incorporated into Roman society.

• Roman provincial administrationRelated: Provincial rule expanded citizenship unevenly before its general extension to free inhabitants in 212 CE.

• Roman imperialismRelated: Extending citizenship could bind communities to Rome without erasing every local institution.

• Roman magistrateRelated: Citizenship determined participation in elections and eligibility for many offices.

• ClaudiusRelated: Claudius extended citizenship to selected provincial communities and individuals.

• Edward GibbonRelated: Gibbon considers expanded citizenship in explaining changes to imperial cohesion.

• Roman patronageRelated: Patrons could assist clients in obtaining or exercising civic rights.

• Roman SyriaRelated: Its gradual extension altered the relationship between Syrian inhabitants and Roman authority.

• Roman provincial governorRelated: A governor’s jurisdiction and treatment of inhabitants could depend on their citizenship status.

• Gaius GracchusRelated: Gaius proposed extending citizenship to Rome's Italian allies, a divisive part of his program.

• Late Roman EmpireRelated: Universal citizenship gave diverse populations a shared legal identity amid political change.

• Roman military reformsRelated: Recruitment policies and service could connect military participation with citizenship.

• Tiberius GracchusRelated: The land question concerned the civic and military standing of Roman citizens.

• Romanization of HispaniaRelated: Citizenship extended Roman legal identity and helped bind provincial communities to the empire.

• PopularesRelated: Disputes over extending citizenship shaped several popular political campaigns.

• Roman expansion in ItalyRelated: Rome used differing degrees of citizenship to incorporate conquered communities.

• Appius Claudius CaecusRelated: Caecus’s census decisions affected how citizens were assigned to voting groups.

• History of the Roman EmpireRelated: Its gradual extension helped integrate people across the empire.

• Legal fictionRelated: Roman law sometimes extended legal treatment through assumptions about citizenship or status.