Edict of Caracalla on Citizenship

Name: Edict of Caracalla on Citizenship
Start: 212

Type Event Region Roman Empire Time 212

In 212 CE Roman Emperor Caracalla issued the Constitutio Antoniniana, extending Roman citizenship to nearly all free inhabitants of the empire, unify…

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212Throughout the Roman Empire · Roman EmpireCaracalla issued an edict granting Roman citizenship to the free inhabitants of the empire, known to history as the Constitutio Antoniniana. Sources suggest the aim was to broaden the tax base (especially inheritance and manumission taxes) and promote legal integration, though the precise motives remain subject to scholarly debate.

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Constitutio Antoniniana https://www.britannica.com/event/Constitutio-Antoniniana
Papyrus Giessen 40