Patricians and Plebeians (Patricii et plebeii)
Patricians were the old noble families. Plebeians were the other free citizens. In the early Republic the split was sharp, and later plebeians won the right to hold the high offices too.
Grades 6–8. Daily life.
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Both groups were free. Enslaved people stood outside this split.
Latin words that go with this card: civis, populus.