Social classes of the roman republic?

Answer 1

Originally there was a distinction between patricians and plebeians. The patricians were the aristocracy and the plebeians were the commoners; that is, all non-patricians. There were rich and poor plebeians. Originally the patricians monopolised political power, the offices of state, the senate and the priesthoods. Over time, the rich plebeians obtained power-sharing with the patricians and gained access to the offices of state, the senate and most of the priesthoods.

The rich plebeians were co-opted into a patrician-plebeian oligarchy and were given equite (cavalryman) status. This was the lower tier of the aristocracy. The patricians remained the higher tier of the aristocracy. The term plebeian in regard to these rich people became redundant.

The poor just remained poor. The term plebeian continued to be applied to them in the Late Republic because of the political agitations of their movement (the plebeian movement). This unrest was caused by their abject poverty, which became a political hot potato in the Late Republic. This happened despite the fact that the rich plebeians, who had been the leaders of this movement, had turned their backs on the issues of the poor once they gained power-sharing with the patricians. New politicians, the populares, who supported the cause of the poor emerged.

Answer 2

The three ranks of Roman society, or orders, as the Romans called them, were the patricians, the aristocrats who were large land owners, the equites (equestrians, cavalrymen), who were bankers, moneylenders, merchants and investors in shipping and mining, and the plebeians, the poor.

Answer 3

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.

Answer 4

The four classes of Roman citizen (or more precisely citizens of the Roman Empire were:

1) Cives romani, (Roman citizens) who had full Roman citizenship and were subdivided into:

a) non optimo jure, who had jus commercii and jus connubii (right of property and right of marriage)

b) optimo jure, who in addition had jus suffragiorum and jus honorum (right to vote and right to hold office)

2) Latini (Latins), citizens who had jus latii (Latin rights), who had jus commercii and jus migrationis, but not jus connubii

3) Socii or Foederati, citizens of allied states which had treaty obligations with Rome. Their rights were exchanged for agreed levels of military service and they were exempt from paying a tribute to Rome.

4) Provinciales, citizens of the areas under Roman control who did not have Foederati rights. They only had jus gentium. This was customary law thought to be held in common by all gentes (peoples) who complied with what the Romans considered standards of international conduct. In other words, if the peoples of the provinces behaved well, they had rights. This meant the preator peregrinus (chief of justice for foreigners) guaranteed the rights of provincials and could apply Roman civil law in cases that concerned them when necessary.

Roman citizenship was at one point extended to all of the Italian allied states (with the exception of Gallia Cisalpina), which effectively eliminated socii and latini as legal and citizenship definitions.

Answer 5

There were more than three classes of Roman society, but three of them are Patrician, Plebeian and Equite.

Answer 6

Roman society consisted of four groups. They were the Patricians, the Plebeians, the Equestrians and the Proletariat.

Answer 7

The social classes in ancient Rome were : Patrician, Plebeian, Equite, Proletariat, Freedmen, Slaves. There were also foreigners who lived in the city, but were not a Roman social class.