All free men in the Roman Empire were to be given full Roman citizenship

Evidence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutio_Antoniniana (Wikipedia)

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  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
  • XREF: connects to: Caracalla extended Roman citizenship to nearly all free imperial inhabitants — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 1237; Universal Roman citizenship was enacted after citizenship lost its key privileges — Stephen Kershaw, A Brief History of the Roman Empire, 1237; Caracalla made all people in his empire Roman citizens mainly to increase tax revenues — Constitutio Antoniniana (citing Cassius Dio, Roman History Bk 78) (+1 more)

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