Ancient athens ancient rome the united states today anyone born in the us or born to citizenship was given to free, native-born any man born to two roman citizens was a citizen. us citizens in another country is a citizen. the assembly could grant citizenship to those generals granted citizenship to groups along the roman border citizenship can be granted who had served the state. to keep peace. in 212 ad, all free people in the empire were through the naturalization made citizens. process. only citizens were allowed to vote. women, all citizens can vote and run for citizens were allowed to vote. women could not vote, only slaves, and men not born in athens could not though they did have some rights office. participate. review the table, which shows the requirements of citizenship for ancient athens, ancient rome, and the modern united states. how has the idea of citizenship changed throughout history?