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Associate 2006-07

Ralph W Mathisen

History

CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY IN THE LATE ROMAN AND EARLY MEDIEVAL WORLDS

This project will discuss how, during the later Roman Empire, the Roman government developed an inclusive citizenship policy that allowed foreigners to enjoy Roman citizenship rights simply by settling within Roman territory. In today’s multi-ethnic, multi-cultural world, it may be that the Roman model for dealing with issues of ethnicity, identity, and religion in the context of political citizenship still has much to teach us.