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The Role Of Social Classes In Rome

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The Patricians, Plebeians, Consuls, Quaestors, Praetors, and Tribunes are a few of the social classes that make up Rome. The Roman division of social classes primarily dealt with those of social power; and of others with lack of political power. Among all of the social classes, that were a part of Rome, the Patricians and the Plebeians had the most differences. The patricians were a part of “The Roman hereditary aristocracy, who held the most political power in the republic” (McKay et al., 2014, p.130). The Patricians were at the top of the hierocracy. Moreover, the Plebeians “The common people of Rome, who were free but had few of the Patricians advantages” (McKay et at., 2014, p.130). The Plebeians, had very little to no say so, in how the

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