Ancient Athens Ancient Rome
The United States Today
Citizenship was given to free, native born
Anyone born in the US or born to
men
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 ganted
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
slaves, and men not born in Athens could not only citizens were allowed to vote, Women could not vote,
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?