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minus-squaregru54777@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIt’s been around much longer than 150 years. Rome and Greece both had detailed citizenship rules more than 2000 years ago.
minus-squareHapankaali@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoYes, but their concept of citizenship was very different from the current implementation. It was more like the caste system that predated it.
minus-squareCypher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThat is a gross misunderstanding of the ancient Roman and Greek citizenship systems. Especially as caste systems typically have zero social mobility.
minus-squaregru54777@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThere was much more to it than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutio_Antoniniana
It’s been around much longer than 150 years. Rome and Greece both had detailed citizenship rules more than 2000 years ago.
Yes, but their concept of citizenship was very different from the current implementation. It was more like the caste system that predated it.
That is a gross misunderstanding of the ancient Roman and Greek citizenship systems.
Especially as caste systems typically have zero social mobility.
There was much more to it than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutio_Antoniniana