The aristocracy.
Spanish upper class is called Principalìa.
The upper class in Greece were considered the patrician.
The upper class in Greece were considered the patrician.
Athens had citizens as the upper class Sparta's upper class was called equals not citizens.
Patricians
The particians.
Spanish upper class is called Principalìa.
The system of government by privileged citizens or the upper class is called aristocracy.
Huguenots
an aristocrat
In the early days, the upper class people were called the patricians. However when the plebeians gained their upward mobility they also became upper class. So in the later republic both patricians and plebeians were referred to as the aristocrats or the nobility.
The Roman upper class was called the patricians.