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5、Peregrini
自由民
Peregrini were people who were not citizens of Rome and the concept of theperegrini was vital to the success of the Roman Empire. Civil law, such as the ownership of property, was restricted in a lot of ways, but the harshest penalty for being a peregrini was that they were unable to marry a Roman citizen, unless extraordinary circumstances allowed for it. The Romans did, however, allow peregrini to retain the rights of their homeland. For example, Athenians were allowed to marry Athenians and be heirs to other Athenians.
自由民并不是真正的羅馬公民。自由民概念的提出也是羅馬帝國成功的關鍵。在法律上，自由民在許多方面受限，比如財產(chǎn)權。但是，最殘酷的地方還是在于他們不被允許與羅馬公民通婚，除非他們作出十分卓越的貢獻才可以。然而，羅馬人曾向自由人承諾保留他們的家園，比如，雅典人之間可以通婚，也可以成為其他雅典人的繼承人。
Over time, the rights of Roman citizens began to take over the day-to-day interactions between Romans and non-Romans, so much so that peregriniwere almost second-class citizens, barely better than a slave. However, this was all made moot in A.D. 212, when Emperor Caracalla declared all free men to be citizens of Rome, regardless of their place of birth.
隨著時間的推移，對羅馬公民權的重視開始逐漸取代了羅馬人與非羅馬人的日常交流，以至于后來自由民幾乎成為了二等公民，僅僅好于奴隸。然而，在公元212年，羅馬皇帝卡拉卡拉宣布所有的沒有束縛的人，無論他們出生在何方，都是羅馬的公民。這在當時引發(fā)了爭論。
