Caracalla made all people in his empire Roman citizens mainly to increase tax revenues

Evidence

Constitutio Antoniniana (citing Cassius Dio, Roman History Bk 78) (WikiProjectMed)

Categorization

  • 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; All free men in the Roman Empire were to be given full Roman citizenship — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutio_Antoniniana; Caracalla granted citizenship to nearly all free inhabitants except the small group of dediticii — The Text of the Edict (+1 more)

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