Wow. The fact that you would even pose such a question tells me that your historical knowledge of both Roman society, as well as early Christianity is extremely limited. Considering the wealth of historical documentation widely available for both, I'm actually shocked. Anyways, before I can answer you, I should preface this with the fact that Rome eventually became a Christian civilization. Prior to this, your so called Roman citizen was a member of a minority of political and wealthy elites. More resembling a monarchy, a modern analogy in American society would be like if only the swamp (a noble class of politically connected elites and wealthy corporatists) were citizens. The majority of Romans were either plebeians or slaves. After about two centuries, the edit of Caracalla was passed into law, granting limited citizenship to plebs, (the empire needed to be able to tax them, and it made drafting them much easier). However, it wasn't until about a century after the adoption of Christianity that former plebs could hold political office. Slavery also diminished over time, but again, it wasn't until well after Christianity that freemen could be considered citizens and hold office. These civil advancements towards a less classist society are generally regarded to be largely due to the Judeo Christian belief that all people are equal before God, as even a slave is made in His image. I hope this answers your question, and adds some dimension to your classical knowledge!
So you literally couldn't come up with a single liberty that citizens of pre-christian rome didn't already have? After claiming it is "Every freedom" we have? Not saying there aren't any but obviously nowhere near all of them have judeo-christian origins. Hilarious that you would say something so ignorant and then call me ignorant in your pompous rant.
And slaves weren't citizens, no kidding, neither were they over a thousand years later in america.
Listen, I tried to help you understand that comparing a proto Christian Roman citizen to the modern evolved concept is a fool's errand. You'd be much better off comparing them with the medieval nobility, due to there actually being a semblance of similarity in that class structure. You don't have to be a dick about it, just learn something. If I absolutely must satisfy this intellectual masturbation, then fine. Women who were full Roman citizens by blood and birthright had no rights in the Roman Empire. There are many other examples, should you care to research it.
The value system of western civilization draws from your so called Jewish history book. Every freedom you have has it's roots there, ingrate.
Can you name some of those freedoms that roman citizens did not already have?
Wow. The fact that you would even pose such a question tells me that your historical knowledge of both Roman society, as well as early Christianity is extremely limited. Considering the wealth of historical documentation widely available for both, I'm actually shocked. Anyways, before I can answer you, I should preface this with the fact that Rome eventually became a Christian civilization. Prior to this, your so called Roman citizen was a member of a minority of political and wealthy elites. More resembling a monarchy, a modern analogy in American society would be like if only the swamp (a noble class of politically connected elites and wealthy corporatists) were citizens. The majority of Romans were either plebeians or slaves. After about two centuries, the edit of Caracalla was passed into law, granting limited citizenship to plebs, (the empire needed to be able to tax them, and it made drafting them much easier). However, it wasn't until about a century after the adoption of Christianity that former plebs could hold political office. Slavery also diminished over time, but again, it wasn't until well after Christianity that freemen could be considered citizens and hold office. These civil advancements towards a less classist society are generally regarded to be largely due to the Judeo Christian belief that all people are equal before God, as even a slave is made in His image. I hope this answers your question, and adds some dimension to your classical knowledge!
So you literally couldn't come up with a single liberty that citizens of pre-christian rome didn't already have? After claiming it is "Every freedom" we have? Not saying there aren't any but obviously nowhere near all of them have judeo-christian origins. Hilarious that you would say something so ignorant and then call me ignorant in your pompous rant.
And slaves weren't citizens, no kidding, neither were they over a thousand years later in america.
Listen, I tried to help you understand that comparing a proto Christian Roman citizen to the modern evolved concept is a fool's errand. You'd be much better off comparing them with the medieval nobility, due to there actually being a semblance of similarity in that class structure. You don't have to be a dick about it, just learn something. If I absolutely must satisfy this intellectual masturbation, then fine. Women who were full Roman citizens by blood and birthright had no rights in the Roman Empire. There are many other examples, should you care to research it.