Civis romanus sum is a latin locution meaning I am a Roman citizen, that indicated membership to Roman civilization and implied, in wider sense, all the rights (and duties) associated with such a state (Cicero, In Verrem 11, V, 162). Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Marcus Tullius Cicero (IPA: ;) (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin orator and prose stylist. ...

A phrase repeated with proud by many Latin important figures, it was put forward in order to assert the privileges granted to Roman citizens. Even prisoners were allowed to take advantage of that prerogative, and subsequently they were reserved a favorable treatment. Paul of Tarsus, under trial and appealing to the Emperor, claimed his right as a citizen to be tried in Rome, and obtained that the process came suspended and he, in chains and escorted by guards, carried to the capital city (Acts 22, 27). The toga was the characteristic garment of the Roman citizen. ... Paul of Tarsus, also known as Saul, Paulus, and Saint Paul the Apostle (AD 3–14 — 62–69),[1] is widely considered to be central to the early development and spread of Christianity, particularly westward from Jerusalem. ...

The locution was quoted by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in his famous Ich bin ein Berliner speech in West Berlin, on June 26, 1963: The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... Plaque commemorating Kennedys speech next to the front entrance of Rathaus Schöneberg Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a citizen of Berlin) is a famous quotation from a June 26, 1963 speech of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...