Who Held Power?? Differnet Types Of People Flashcards

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What did u need in order to become a senator

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You had to be a man and born into it, and own property worth more than one million sesterces (to show u r rich)

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What did you need to become an equiete, and what were they

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They were the second elite group of Roman society , and had to own property worth 400,000 sesterces

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What were plebeians??

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Plebeians (plebs) we’re romes poor working class, many were farmers for money

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What were freedmen

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Freedmen were like slaves but in order to become freedmen, after a long time of service or buy their freedom or a master could chose to free a slave and make them freedmen, they were still not allowed to become members of the equestrian or senetorial classes even if they had enough money tho

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What were slaves/how were u a slave

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If ur born into slavery(ur parents were slaves) then u were a slave, they did not have Roman citizenship and had no legal or political rights

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