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RT Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT)Idea that Romans had only a civic sense of identity is fake history:- For most of its history, Rome only extended citizenship to other Italian ethnic groups- Groups outside Italy were never integrated the same way as Italians-Right up to the late empire senators and emperors were keen to prove ancestral connection to Italy, Italian was still considered the best ethnicity- Roman writers like Virtuvius wrote on the existence and supremacy of a distinct Italian race- Rome made app ...