08-07-2006, 07:27 PM
Jasper, don't you ever sleep? Take a rest? Are there moments in your life when you are not busy with RAT? Thanks for your care in general and this article in particular.
Of course there is always something to disagree with. I think that the statement
Whatever you think about it, the Constitutio Antoniniana was not a "blanket grant citizenship to virtually all inhabitants" - it was only applicable to free men.
Of course there is always something to disagree with. I think that the statement
Quote:The blanket grant citizenship to virtually all inhabitants of the empire through the Constitutio Antoniniana may have been inspired by a will to enlarge the tax base, it had the added effect of finally completely removing the main attraction of auxiliary service.is not correct; I am aware that Cassius Dio suggests that money mattered a lot for the Constitutio Antoniniana, but those who could pay more taxes, had already have received the Roman citizenship. As far as I know, there are almost no inscriptions from, say, the reign of Commodus and Severus, that show benefactors without Roman citizenship; I think it was Birley who pointed this out for the first time.
Whatever you think about it, the Constitutio Antoniniana was not a "blanket grant citizenship to virtually all inhabitants" - it was only applicable to free men.
