Who Were the Plebeians? Exploring the Lives of the Common People in the Roman Republic

Defining the Plebeians: The Other Half of Rome Who Were the Plebeians? The Roman Republic’s society was fundamentally stratified, split largely between two distinct social classes: the patricians and the plebeians. While the patricians, descended from Rome’s original founding families, held significant political and economic power, the vast majority of the population fell under the … Read more

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