Constitutional reforms of Caracalla

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Roman constitutional reform program imperial policy legal reform

The Constitutional reforms of Caracalla were a series of early 3rd-century Roman imperial measures, most notably the Constitutio Antoniniana, that extended Roman citizenship to nearly all free inhabitants of the empire, reshaping its legal and social structure.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Antonine Constitution	1
Antonine constitutional reforms	1
Caracallan reforms	1
Constitutio Antoniniana	1
Constitutional reforms of Caracalla canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman constitutional reform program ⓘ imperial policy ⓘ legal reform ⓘ
aimedAt	nearly all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ surface form: Antonine constitutional reforms Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ surface form: Caracallan reforms
appliedBy	Caracalla ⓘ Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus ⓘ Roman emperor ⓘ
changed	criteria for being a Roman citizen ⓘ distribution of civic privileges in the empire ⓘ relationship between central authority and provincial communities ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
documentedIn	Cassius Dio ⓘ surface form: Dio Cassius, Roman History Ulpian’s legal writings ⓘ papyrus Giessen 40 ⓘ
effect	expansion of tax base ⓘ grant of Roman citizenship to nearly all free inhabitants ⓘ increase in number of Roman citizens ⓘ reduction of legal distinction between Romans and provincials ⓘ unification of legal status of free population ⓘ
exempted	certain categories of freedmen ⓘ dediticii ⓘ
followed	citizenship grants under Augustus ⓘ citizenship grants under Claudius ⓘ citizenship grants under Julius Caesar ⓘ
hasPart	Edict of Caracalla ⓘ surface form: Constitutio Antoniniana
implementedInContextOf	Severan dynasty ⓘ Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ surface form: crisis of the third century (prelude)
legalForm	edict ⓘ imperial constitution ⓘ
location	Roman Empire ⓘ
mainSubject	Roman citizenship ⓘ Roman law ⓘ Roman social hierarchy ⓘ
motivatedBy	desire for legal uniformity ⓘ fiscal considerations ⓘ
namedAfter	Caracalla ⓘ
partOf	history of Roman citizenship ⓘ history of Roman law ⓘ
preceded	Codex Theodosianus ⓘ Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ surface form: Corpus Iuris Civilis later codifications of Roman law ⓘ
significantEvent	extension of Roman citizenship ⓘ reshaping of Roman legal structure ⓘ reshaping of Roman social structure ⓘ
startTime	212 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 3rd century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Severan dynasty → notableEvent → Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ

Constitutional reforms of Caracalla → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caracallan reforms

Constitutional reforms of Caracalla → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine constitutional reforms

Edict of Caracalla → hasAlternativeName → Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutio Antoniniana

Edict of Caracalla → hasAlternativeName → Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Antonine Constitution