Roman Citizenship

Others saw all citizens of Rome more powerfully then themselves, and gave much respect. This was because other countries know that if they were to attack a single roman then it would be like attacking all of Rome, and themselves because the Romans would come back twice as hard. This idea would later become important in the success of the Roman Empire. Due to the fact that the Romans received a lot of respect, man people wanted to become a Roman citizen Once a person became a Roman citizen they would be under protection of the Roman government and army. One way that a non-Roman person could become a citizen of Rome would be if their country was taken captive and conquered by the Romans. Strange enough, not all of the defeated countries would have their people taken and used for slaves. The Romans decided to make the defeated people partial Roman citizens. By doing this the Romans were able to help maintain peace through the whole empire because the new Roman citizens would be satisfied with the fact of being Roman.