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The plebeians were the commoners. They were small farmers, shopkeepers, market stall holders, bakers, artisans, dockers,government clerks and the unemployed.

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The plebeians were a social class. Anyone born of plebeian parents was a plebeian. A person could also be entered in the class by being adopted by a plebeian. Bear in mind that the plebeians were only the lower class and the downtrodden at the beginning-of the city. they soon earned their rights and became not only wealthy, but a political force to be taken into consideration.

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The plebeians were the commoners. They were small farmers, shopkeepers, market stall holders, bakers, artisans, dockers,government clerks and the unemployed.

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People who were not from the aristocratic families who made up the Patricians.

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Almost all of the citizens.

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