Question

How might Claudius argue that citizenship and high office to conquered Gauls would be good for Rome

Answer 1

Giving citizenship to others meant that they could participate in the ruling of the Roman Empire and this would eventually lead people to be royal to Rome. If people did not gain citizenship, they would only be a dominated people with no political rights and influence and this would influence their support for the Empire.

Answer 2

Claudius argued that giving citizen and high office to conquer Gauls would be good for Rome in a way that he viewed empire as citizenship oriented structure were all who wanted cooperate with Rome could be granted citizenship for example he viewed downfall of Athens in a way that Athenians did not wanted to include foreigners fully onto their society. Hope this helped!