J. Price

In the Crucible of Empire J. Price

This volume examines the dynamic concept and changing reality of Roman
citizenship from the perspective of the provinces in Rome's vast,
multi-ethnic empire, both before and after Caracalla's grant of
universal citizenship in 212 CE. In Greek communities, and in Jewish and
Christian conceptual and actual constructed communities, the Roman
definition of citizenship had a profound impact on the shape of abstract
ideas of community, discourse about communal membership and peoplehood,
and legal and civic models. Just as Roman citizenship was forever
redefining its restrictions and becoming ever-more inclusive, so the
borders of the other communities to which Greeks, Christians and Jews
claimed "citizenship" were also flexible, adaptable, dynamic.