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The article and book are about the late Republic, before even Julius Caesar rises to power, let alone Augustus or the subsequent emperors. And I think the quote
by brenns10 5y ago
The article and book are about the late Republic, before even Julius Caesar rises to power, let alone Augustus or the subsequent emperors. And I think the quote ("there were no consequences") refers to granting Italians Roman citizenship, not the decisions by later emperors to grant external tribes citizenship.
Surely there was a balance between the two extremes that Rome failed to achieve?
- OrvalWintermute 5y agoI think there was definitely a potential balance. To retain culture, and to forge a national identity without appearing weak and establishing a Roman policy of "buying off enemies", and, "using citizenship as part of the buy". This set up precedent for military service (auxiliaries to citizen). I guess we could call it the flawed path to citizenship......