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What class were the merchants in.
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∙ 10y agoThe equites were the lower tier of the second highest layer pf society. and were the entrepreneurial class. They were merchants, bankers, moneylenders and investors in shipping and mining. This title mean knight.
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∙ 11y agoIf they were wealthy enough they were the equite class, otherwise they were the proletariat. In order to be admitted into the equite class a person had to be worth at least 40,000 sesterces.
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