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Becoming Roman

Becoming Roman

1.[3p]

What did Roman citizenship give its holder?

Select all that apply

Correct
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The answer is: Marriage and property recognised in Roman law, and a valid will, Exemption from the provincial poll tax, Protection against flogging without trial, and the right of appeal

2.[2p]

The citizen body ran to 4,937,000 in AD 14 and 5,984,072 in AD 47. What is the increase?

CorrectNot quite: 1047072

3.[3p]

Why can natural increase not account for that rise?

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The answer is: It implies 0.58 per cent a year, far above any pre-industrial rate
The answer is: It implies 0.58 per cent a year, far above any pre-industrial rate
The answer is: It implies 0.58 per cent a year, far above any pre-industrial rate

4.[3p]

Match each route into citizenship with how it worked.

  • manumission

  • the auxiliary diploma

  • Latin rights

  • imperial grant

  • twenty-five years of service, then a bronze certificate

  • a personal gift, which could be bought

  • a slave freed by proper procedure became a citizen

  • the annual magistrates of a town, and their families

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manumission: a slave freed by proper procedure became a citizen the auxiliary diploma: twenty-five years of service, then a bronze certificate Latin rights: the annual magistrates of a town, and their families imperial grant: a personal gift, which could be bought

5.[2p]

A new citizen took the family name of the emperor or patron who enfranchised him.

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The answer is: True

6.[3p]

Comparing Tacitus's version of Claudius's speech with the bronze tablet from Lyon, what does Tacitus turn out to have done?

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The answer is: Kept the substance of the argument and rewrote the form
The answer is: Kept the substance of the argument and rewrote the form
The answer is: Kept the substance of the argument and rewrote the form

7.[2p]

In what year did Caracalla grant citizenship to the free inhabitants of the empire?

CorrectNot quite: 212

8.[3p]

What is the best evidence that the edict of 212 took effect everywhere?

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The answer is: Papyri fill with people named Aurelius from that year onwards
The answer is: Papyri fill with people named Aurelius from that year onwards
The answer is: Papyri fill with people named Aurelius from that year onwards

9.[3p]

Once everyone was a citizen, where did legal inequality go?

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The answer is: Into the division between honestiores and humiliores
The answer is: Into the division between honestiores and humiliores
The answer is: Into the division between honestiores and humiliores