Citizens in the Graeco-Roman World

Lucia Cecchet, PhD (2012), University of Heidelberg and University of Trento, is currently Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Mainz (JGU). She has published a monograph, Poverty in Athenian Public Discourse, 2015 and several articles on the social and economic history of the Greek world. Anna Busetto, Ph.D. (2014), University of Roma Tre, is currently a teacher of Classics at secondary school and an independent researcher. She is mainly interested in Greek and Byzantine Literature, Philology and Palaeography. Contributors are: Arnaud Besson, Anna Busetto, Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Lucia Cecchet, Donato Fasolini, Jakub Filonik, Maurizio Giangiulio, Elena Isayev, Chiara Lasagni, Valerio Marotta, Valerio Rocco Lozano, Andreea Stefan.

• PrefaceL. Cecchet and A. BusettoList of AbbreviationsIntroduction. Greek and Roman Citizenship: State of Research and Open QuestionsL. CecchetDefining the Citizen Body in the Greek Poleis1 Looking for Citizenship in Archaic Greece. Methodological and Historical ProblemsM. Giangiulio2 Re-Shaping and Re-Founding Citizen Bodies: The Case of Athens, Cyrene and CamarinaL. Cecchet3 Politeia in Greek Federal StatesC. Lasagni4 Social Identity and Representation of Socio-Political Status: The Case of Multiple Citizenship Holders in the Graeco-Roman EastA. StefanCitizens and Non-Citizens in the Roman World5 Citizens Among Outsiders in Plautus’s Roman Cosmopolis. A Moment of ChangeE. Isayev6 Were Children Second-Class Citizens in Roman Society? Information Technology Resources for a New Vision of an Ancient IssueD. Fasolini7 Egyptians and Citizenship from the First Century AD to the Constitutio AntoninianaV. Marotta8 Fifty Years before the Antonine Constitution: Access to Roman Citizenship and Exclusive RightsA. BessonAncient Citizenship in the Philosophical and Political Reflection9 Metaphorical Appeals to Civic Ethos in Lycurgus’ Against LeocratesJ. Filonik10 Alteram loci patriam, alteram iuris: “Double Fatherlands” and the Role of Italy in Cicero’s Political DiscourseF. Carlà11 Ancient and Modern Sources of Hegel’s Conception of the Roman CitizenshipV. Rocco Lozano12 The Idea of Cosmopolitanism from Its Origins to the 21st CenturyA. BusettoIndex

“The volume provides readers with an insight into the origin, expansion and transformation in time and space of citizen bodies in the Greek and Roman world, starting from the Archaic period to the major change effected by the emperor Caracalla in 212 AD”, “This miscellaneous volume offers good reflections on important features of civic entities and the right of citizenship in the Greek and Roman world.”By Andrea Raggi, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.12.11