WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Patrician. Patricians were considered the upper-class in early Roman society. They controlled the best land and made up the majority of the Roman senate. It was rare-if not impossible-for a plebeian to be a senator until 444 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -The word “patrician” comes from the Latin “patres”, meaning “fathers”, and these families provided the empire’s political, religious, and military leadership. Most patricians were wealthy landowners from old families, but the class was open to a chosen few who had been deliberately promoted by the emperor.

Detailed explanation-3: -The patricians were only a small percentage of the Roman population, but they held all the power. All the other citizens of Rome were Plebeians. Plebeians were the farmers, craftsmen, laborers, and soldiers of Rome.

Detailed explanation-4: -The aristocracy (wealthy class) dominated the early Roman Republic. In Roman society, the aristocrats were known as patricians. The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls.