WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Rich landowners and military leaders, called Patricians, made up one of Rome’s two social classes. Poor artisans, farmers, merchants, and former slaves, who were the majority of the Roman people, made up the other social class, the Plebeians.

Detailed explanation-3: -Records of each class were kept, and being wealthy was often not enough to move up through the classes. There were three basic divisions in Roman society: citizens, noncitizens and slaves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Patricians were the rich landlords, who also held political power sometimes. Another section, Plebeians, were the common citizens who were involved in agricultural activities.