{"slug": "roman-citizenship", "label": "Roman citizenship", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_citizenship", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213810", "qid": "Q213810", "description": "citizenship in ancient Rome", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-124, 380], "span_label": ["125 BCE", "380 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Roman citizen"], "related": [{"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arianism", "label": "Arianism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gratian", "label": "Gratian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "valentinian-ii", "label": "Valentinian II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jews", "label": "Jews", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egyptians", "label": "Egyptians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caracalla", "label": "Caracalla", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -124, "year_label": "125 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In Rome, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus proposes the extension of Roman citizenship to the northern Italians, but the Senate reacts by sending him off to deal with disturbances around Massilia. And in so doing, commences the conquest of Transalpine Gaul.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100137#Roman_Republic", "title": "125 BC", "revid": 1266100137, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -90, "year_label": "91 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus proposes extending Roman citizenship to allied Italian cities, but is assassinated, leading to the Social War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300116011#Roman_Republic", "title": "91 BC", "revid": 1300116011, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -89, "year_label": "90 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Etruscans are granted Roman citizenship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332493065#Roman_Republic", "title": "90 BC", "revid": 1332493065, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -61, "year_label": "62 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Cicero delivers his Pro Archia Poeta in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias' claim to Roman citizenship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344835859#Roman_Republic", "title": "62 BC", "revid": 1344835859, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 58, "year_label": "58 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The apostle Paul returns to Jerusalem with the money he has collected to give the Christian community there. However, he is accused of defiling the temple, and is arrested and imprisoned in Caesarea. He then invokes his Roman citizenship and is sent to Rome to be judged.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373339620#Palestine", "title": "50s", "revid": 1373339620, "section": "Events › 58 AD › Palestine"}}, {"year": 212, "year_label": "212 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The edict of Emperor Caracalla (Constitutio Antoniniana) extends Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire, with the exception of a limited group that may include Egyptians. The Jewish people are among those who receive citizenship. All free women in the Empire are given the same rights as Roman women.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186817#Roman_Empire", "title": "212", "revid": 1371186817, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – Edict of Thessalonica: Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity, in accordance with the patriarchs of Rome and Alexandria, implicitly rejecting the Arianism of the patriarch of Constantinople as heretical.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Roman_Empire", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}]}