Final Exam CJC

All Roads

lead to Rome, Milliarium Aurem, modern citizenship struggles didn’t occur historically

Milliarium Aurem

all roads led from it, start of roman empire, site of day to day activity

Pax Romana

roman peace, came through conflict, maintained through threat of war, never would exist without migration

Why do we study

mobility helped fill seasonal labor shortages, created new routes for merchants,

mobility

travel

migration

settling

Modern Nation State System

1648, end of imperalism, assigned borders, lack of free mobility,

career

career - driven by organizational recruitment

local migration

local - movement to neighboring, labor, land, or marriage market

circular

round trip movements with well defined intervals

chain

supported by earlier migrants who provide

ancient vs modern

intersection between voluntary and seasonal mobility

Push and Pull Factors

economic : wage gaps, land shortages

forced: wars, rebellions

environmental: earthquakes, epidemics

family dynamics

limited demographic info, men migrated for work, marital migration resulted from this

roman citizenship

passports give mobility, rome had one of the most open paths to citizenship in the world

Urban Graveyard Theory

high mortality, rome lost population continually and needed a never ending flow of migrants

Rome’s death rate

theory - newcomers maintained population