HUMAN 1AS Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Roman Kingdom, Roman Citizenship, Calgacus
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(cid:873)successful(cid:874) empires tend to . (1) respect their adversaries. The speech of calgacus in tacitus agricola (2) integrate subject peoples. Integrated and made apart of power structure (3) rely more on consent than compulsion. A national geographic entity with flexible borders and a proclivity for expansion that places an extensive group of peoples and or territories under a single supreme authority. Didn"t know much of what existed past its borders of the empire. Empire has absorbed a bunch of other empires. No specific form of government (democracy with empire, dictatorship, etc) Referring to rome = a city in the middle of italy, originally a tiny city state. The largest city in the western hemisphere. As it expanded, it came to be the roman empire. Collection of territories that rome conquered and ruled. Has to do with romanization and grants of citizenship. Gradual induction of conquered entities into imperial power structures. Saying you were a roman citizen changed your status.
