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How were the attitudes and interests of the patricians and plebeians different?
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The patricians were the aristocracy and the owners of large landed estates They were wealthy and engaged in intellectual pursuit and in politics. Many prominent politicians were patricians. They saw themselves as superior to the other social order, especially the plebeians, and defended their privilege and wealth. They were against reforms aimed at improving the situation of the poor, especially land reforms which provided the redistribution of farming land for the landless poor.
The plebeians originally were all the commoners (non-aristocrats). Later, the rich plebeians, who were bankers, moneylenders, merchants and investors in shipping and mining obtained the status of equites (cavalrymen), which was a lower tier of the aristocracy. The term plebeian then came to refer to middling income people and the poor. For the poor live was a struggle for survival. Unemployment and underemployment were a big problem. They relied on a grain dole distributed by the state. Their main concerns were the problems of indebtedness and shortage of land for the poor. Debt relief and land redistribution were policies pursued by the popualres, a political faction which supported the cause of the poor. This, during the period of the Roman Republic, led to clashes with the patricians
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What are the two groups who struggled for power in the early republic?
Patricians and Plebeians
Who are the merchants the plebeians or the patricians?
the merchants are the plebeians
How did the struggle between the plebeians and Patricians affect Rome Government?
Only patricians could become government leaders so after the patricians took over the plebeians protested against the patricians. And then after that the patricians and the plebeians worked together to make the roman government better.
Why were plebeians against the patricians?
Patricians were frightened because without plebeians patricians would be helpless if an enemy struck at rome.
What was a pleabian?
The plebeians were the commoners. The patricians were the aristocracy.
Did the Plebians and Patricians have a war?
No the conflicts between patricians and plebeians did not lead to civil wars. The Conflict of the Orders between patricians and plebeians ended in the mid-3rd century BC. The Roman civil wars stared in the 1st century BC. The civil wars involved a conflict between the populares, a political faction which supported the cause of the poor, and the optimates, a conservative political faction which supported the interests of the aristocracy. They also involved personal rivalries.
Who were the patricians and who were the plebeians?
The patricians were the aristocracy and the plebeians were the commoners.
Who were the plebeians and who were the patricians?
The patricians were the aristocracy and the plebeians were the commoners.
What were the main differences between patricians and plebeians?
The patricians were the aristocrats and the plebeians were the commoners.
What are the two groups who struggled for power in the early republic?
Patricians and Plebeians
How did the struggle between the plebeians and Patricians affect Rome Government?
Only patricians could become government leaders so after the patricians took over the plebeians protested against the patricians. And then after that the patricians and the plebeians worked together to make the roman government better.
Who are the merchants the plebeians or the patricians?
the merchants are the plebeians
Why were plebeians against the patricians?
Patricians were frightened because without plebeians patricians would be helpless if an enemy struck at rome.
Why were the patricians frightened by actions of the plebeians?
Patricians were frightened because without plebeians patricians would be helpless if an enemy struck at rome.
What was a pleabian?
The plebeians were the commoners. The patricians were the aristocracy.
Why were the plebeians afraid of the patricians?
The patricians were afraid because most of the population of Rome was plebeians and when the plebeians marched out of the city to camp at the end of the hill until the farms came to a halt. Without the plebeians, patricians feared that the army would be helpless if an enemy struck at Rome. The patricians had little choice but to compromise.
What were upper class Romans in the roman empire known as?
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