classes Flashcards
2 major social classes in rep.were
- Patricians 2. Plebian/Plebs (commoners)
Patricians were often…
nobels and latin
Patric. legend:
Descendants of Romulus’s 100 best
Initially Patric. could only be?
consuls, senators, hold high positions in government/military
what did the Patric. own and what were they overall?
owned most/best land and overall Pats. controlled the society
who were the Plebian/Plebs?
commoners, made up the maj. society, had no to few rights
when did the struggle of orders start for Plebs?
494 bc
what happened during the struggle of orders?
Plebs. struggled to gain rights, maj. breakthrough/accomplishments
what were the twelve tables?
Roman laws were codified and written on 12 tablets
who were the Plebs. allowed to marry in 445 bc?
the Patricians
in 367 bc who were the consulship open to?
the Plebs. (342 bc one had to be a Pleb)
in 300 bc what were other positions open to Plebs?
officers, judges, and religious leaders
