feb 7, 212 - "Civis Romanus sum" citizenship is given to freeborn subjects
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The Latin phrase civis romanus sum ("I am (a) Roman citizen") is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen. When travelling across the Roman Empire, safety was said to be guaranteed to anyone who declared, "civis romanus sum".
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