WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The term plebeian referred to all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes. Plebeians were average working citizens of Rome – farmers, bakers, builders or craftsmen – who worked hard to support their families and pay their taxes.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of Rome’s most famous senators, Cicero, was a plebeian. Because he was the first of his family to be elected to the senate, he was called a “New Man."

Detailed explanation-3: -Patricians would be the upper class, people such as wealthy land owners would be in the patricians group. Plebeians would be the lower class which would be normal people in Rome.