ABSTRACT The presentation of the self in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages has traditionally been defined in terms of an ethnic dichotomy between Roman and Barbarian. In parallel discourses, the studies on the evolution of citizenship have focused on the transformation of Roman citizenship after the Constitutio Antoniniana, without much focus on the role of citizenship as a marker of identity. In this article, the possibility of using urban identity (as defined by anthropologists and sociologists) as a valid form of self- and community definition will be put forward, using citizenship and civic involvement as proxy indicators for urban identity. The resilience of urban communities and civic ideas, together with the inclusive nature of place-based identities, serves to further underline the saliency of locality in post-Roman contexts. Elements of post-Roman city life such as continuing municipal administration, new constructions and the cult of martyrs created a city-focused communal cognitive map. Similarly, competition with other cities in diplomacy and constructions, together with the constant interaction between the state and the civitates, socially validated citizenship and urban identities as forms of representing the self and the community.

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五至七世纪西方城市认同与公民身份

摘要 古代晚期和中世纪早期的自我呈现传统上是根据罗马人和野蛮人之间的种族二分法来定义的。在平行的话语中，关于公民身份演变的研究主要集中在安东尼尼亚宪法之后罗马公民身份的转变，而没有过多关注公民身份作为身份标志的作用。在本文中，将提出使用城市认同（由人类学家和社会学家定义）作为自我和社区定义的有效形式的可能性，使用公民身份和公民参与作为城市认同的代理指标。城市社区和公民思想的弹性，以及基于地方的身份的包容性，进一步强调了后罗马语境中地方性的显着性。后罗马城市生活的元素，如持续的市政管理、新建筑和烈士崇拜，创造了一个以城市为中心的公共认知地图。同样，在外交和建设方面与其他城市的竞争，以及国家与公民之间不断的互动，社会认可的公民身份和城市身份作为代表自我和社区的形式。