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In the News (Sun 15 Nov 09)

  
 Rome&Italy
Roman politicians generally agreed that the situation of the allies needed to be remedied; nonetheless considerable political uncertainty remained about how to double the number of Rome's citizens and to do so without distorting the system.
The Romans recognized that "the fortune of the Italians was as cruel as their cause was just, for they were seeking citizenship in the state whose power they were defending by their arms" Velleius Paterculus, II.15.
Roman experiences with the people of Italy provided a model for the Romanization of the Mediterranean world under the Casears; they also provided a model of a transnational state that would long influence European history.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mapplace/EU/EU02-RepItaly/RomanItaly1.htm   (2376 words)

  
 Roman citizenship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roman women could not vote or stand for civil or public office, and were, at least in theory, subject to the almost complete power of their paterfamilias, in many legal areas being just a little better than slaves.
Roman citizenship was granted automatically to every child born in a legal marriage of a Roman citizen.
A Roman legionary could not legally marry, therefore all his children were denied citizenship, unless and until the legionary married their mother after his release from service.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_citizenship   (1015 words)

  
 Roman Military Diploma Museum: Introduction
Roman Military Diplomas (or better citizenship diplomas, diplomata) are in some way the "greencards" of Roman times (green also being the dominating color of their bronze patina).
Roman soldiers (legionaries and auxiliaries) could not get married during their military service, and mostly they were too young when enlisted to already be married.
During the 1st and 2nd centuries - before the wider impact of citizenship grants to veterans created a sufficient supply of women with Roman citizenship even in the remotest limes areas - a soldier was likely to marry a non-citizen woman.
www.romancoins.info /MilitaryDiploma1a.html   (3112 words)

  
 Citizenship - Ancient Roman Empire Forums
While I'm sure there was still a distinction (at least in theory) between actual Romans and provincials, my guess is that over the century and a half between Caracalla and Theodosius, membership in a Church 'congregation' may have started to become more important than actual citizenship (since it was non exclusive anymore anyway).
The lack of 'civic pride' once afforded by citizenship had virtually disappeared and the meaning of what it was to be 'Roman' seems to have slipped right along with the desire to serve both the state and the army.
I'd suggest that extending the citizenship per se was a smart move, as long as citizens had the potential to climb higher for serving Rome more.
www.unrv.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=3235   (1270 words)

  
 KET DL | Latin 1 | Mores | Roman Law & Government
Possession of citizenship was desired by Romans and barbari alike.
Since the mothers of legionaries' children generally were not Roman citizens themselves, in the eyes of Roman law the children simply received the status and nationality of the mother.
Citizenship could be bestowed as a reward for service to the state.
www.dl.ket.org /latin1/mores/law/citizenship.htm   (364 words)

  
 Ralph W. Mathisen | Peregrini, Barbari, and Cives Romani Concepts of Citizenship and the Legal Identity of Barbarians ...
The interrelationships among citizenship, nationality, ethnicity, and identity have evolved as a consequence of factors such as a renewed role for religious identity and mass migrations that have altered the ethnic composition and influenced the cultural norms of the society of nearly every modern nation.
Citizenship thus can provide forms of personal identity that are defined either narrowly, by how the population of a nation is defined and treated under the law, or broadly, by the acceptance of a set of philosophical and moral concepts.
As the Roman afterglow petered out, Roman concepts of citizenship, whether of a world, a nation, a province, or a city, did likewise, to be replaced in the Middle Ages by models of subjugation to bishops and kings.
www.historycooperative.org /journals/ahr/111.4/mathisen.html   (12062 words)

  
 Roman Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The final confrontation of the Roman Republic occurred on 2 September 31 BC, at the naval Battle of Actium where the fleet of Octavian under the command of Agrippa routed the combined fleet of Antony and Cleopatra; the two lovers fled to Egypt.
The Roman Senate and the Roman citizens, tired of the never-ending civil wars and unrest, were willing to toss aside the incompetent and unstable rule of the Senate and the popular assemblies in exchange for the iron will of one man who might set Rome back in order.
The Roman Empire was eventually divided between the Western Roman Empire which fell in 476 AD and the Eastern Roman Empire (also called the Byzantine Empire) which lasted until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Republic   (9371 words)

  
 D&D Rome 27 B.C. Main
Roman Citizenship conferred many rights to those who had it, from broad political and civil rights, to minutia of daily life.
The plebs were the lowest class of Roman citizen and made up the vast majority of the citizen population.
However, Romans often sold their children into slavery to pay off debts, and there were many slaves who were born into captivity.
www.geocities.com /rome27bc/society.html   (1278 words)

  
 The Roman Legions
Roman legions defended the imperial frontiers from the Scottish border to the deserts of Arabia, from the Danube to the Atlas mountains in northern Africa.
The Romans were especially expert at clever and speedy field maneuvers and the ancient art of siege warfare.
The soldiers were so good that the Romans even found them to be their best weapon at sea: they equipped their galleys with a combination grappling hook/gangplank which both snared the enemy and enabled the infantry to board.
www.culturalresources.com /Romleg.html   (913 words)

  
 The Roman Constitution
A native Italian town which lost its original dependence and was absorbed in the Roman state, ceased to be a separate civitas, and became a municipium; its citizens now possessed Roman citizenship as well as that of their own town.
To be elected quaestor a man had to be at least 30 years old [in the time of the Gracchi the age was 27], and the lowest legal ages for the praetorship and the consulship were 40 and 43 respectively.
In Civil Cases between individual citizens as well as foreign residents, the jurisdiction, originally belonging to the king, was, on the establishment of the Republic transferred to the consuls, but in the times with which we are especially concerned, it rested with the praetors.
www.uah.edu /student_life/organizations/SAL/texts/misc/romancon.html   (6247 words)

  
 Citizenship Day
On February 29, 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill establishing September 17 as Citizenship Day replacing the May observance and moving the date to the one on which the U.S. Constitution was signed in 1787.
Citizenship Day focuses on the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens both native-born and naturalized.
The choice of September 17 for this observance commemorates the events of September 17, 1787 when the United States Constitution was singed by delegates from 12 states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
www.patriotism.org /citizenship   (186 words)

  
 The Roman Army Page
The power of the Roman emperors rested on their control of massive armed forces, paid for out of the emperor's privy purse and bound to him by an oath of personal allegiance.
With the spread of Roman citizenship among the population of the conquered territories the auxilia were increasingly recruiting citizens into the ranks, blurring the original division between peregrine auxiliaries and citizen legionaries.
Redeployment of units and the Roman practice of local recruitment of replacements meant that the ethnic titles borne by formations did not reflect the actual origins of its soldiers.
members.tripod.com /~S_van_Dorst/legio.html   (4085 words)

  
 Mos Maiorum
Roman might was made legendary by the valor of her glorious Legions.
Romans in combat tend to be inordinately paranoid.
An inactive Roman is unfamiliar with current internal and external conditions, and he or she should not be voting blindly on Roman policy.
www.romanempire.net /romepage/ForumRomanum/mosmaiorum/mosmaiorum.htm   (12944 words)

  
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The Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship and Race: September 15, 1935 The Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935 THE REICHSTAG HAS ADOPTED by unanimous vote the following law which is herewith promulgated.
(2) The status of subject is to be acquired in accordance with the provisions of the Reich and the state Citizenship Law.
The same shall be true of those upon whom the Reich Minister of the Interior, in conjunction with the Deputy to the Fuehrer shall confer citizenship.
www.mtsu.edu /~baustin/nurmlaw2.html   (653 words)

  
 Roman Legions
Example of a Roman Military Diploma, that granted Roman citizenship after 25 years (army) or 26 years (Navy) of military service in the auxiliary forces to the veteran and his family.
This distinction lost its importance when Caracalla granted citizenship to all people living in the Roman empire (except to the slaves of course).
In general the bulk of the roman army was based a) in the West in the Rhine region during the reign of Augustus, but shifted later to the Danube border, and b) on the Eastern frontier towards Persia.
www.romancoins.info /VIC-Legions.html   (605 words)

  
 ECC Forum & Fellowship - PAUL, the ROMAN CITIZEN
Roman citizenship could be obtained in a number of ways.
You could be born in a family of a Roman Citizen and acquire your Citizenship that way.
Romans 13 was part of the message given to the Gentiles and even Gamaliel, the doctor of the Torah, and ROME knew Paul did not commit any crimes against either the Temple or the Empire.
ecclesia.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=333   (6180 words)

  
 Dual Citizenship
Paul did not deny his Roman citizenship and claim heavenly citizenship when he was taken to be “examined by scourging” (Acts 22:24): “And when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, ‘Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?’” (22:25).
Instead, he used the privileges of Roman citizenship to his advantage for the advancement of God’s kingdom this side of heaven (28:30–31).
Related to the citizenship issue is the status of Satan in the world.
www.americanvision.org /articlearchive/12-27-05.asp   (905 words)

  
 Roman Citizenship
Everything Roman is reflected not just in the way we fight and conquer, but in the way we work and play, and in the way we conduct our lives.
Romans live the dream and we invite you to share that dream with us.
We've often met fighters with Roman personas and armor at Pennsic and other wars we attend.
www.romanempire.net /romepage/Citizenship/Roman_Citizenship.htm   (954 words)

  
 Roman Army Talk :: View topic - Citizenship & Enlistment
In 89BC the Lex Pompeia gave full Roman citizenship to Cisalpine Gaul south of the Po (the Cispadana), but only Latin Rights to the territory north of the Po (Transpadana).
Romans were sometimes using the Legions or more properly recruiting just like the modern famous "La Legion" today.
On the other hand, formerly naval troops who were inducted into Legio X Fretensis after the Jewish revolt to bring the legion back to strength, apparently did not immediately received citizenship, for they asked the governor for explicit confirmation of their status when they left the army in 90 AD.
www.romanarmy.com /rat/viewtopic.php?t=4652   (1139 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Maximinus Thrax
He was physically imposing as a young man and embarked on a career in the Roman army.
His names recall those of Gaius Julius Maximinus, who was governor of the nearby province of Dacia (modern Romania) in 208 and under whom the future emperor may have served as a soldier and been granted Roman citizenship.
The future emperor's career seems to have been spent in a long series of relatively minor military appointments until Severus Alexander's campaigns against the Persians, when Maximinus began to be entrusted with important responsibilities.
www.roman-emperors.org /maxthrax.htm   (915 words)

  
 The Standards Site: Citizenship at key stage 3
Celebrating human rights - citizenship activities for the whole school
This scheme shows how the citizenship programme of study for key stage 3 can be translated into manageable units of work.
The scheme is not statutory; you can use as much or as little as you wish.
www.standards.dfes.gov.uk /schemes2/citizenship   (243 words)

  
 Roman Citizenship
All ex-magistrates of the Latin allies automatically received Roman citizenship.
Generally this enabled the aristocracies of Latin states to obtain Roman citizenship and to participate in Roman political affairs.
They struck no local coinage and were enrolled into the Roman tribal assembly.
www.ancientworlds.net /391954   (149 words)

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