WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the early Roman republic, members of the landholding upper class were called
A
tribunes
B
plebeians
C
consuls
D
patricians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Patricians-members of the landholding upper class. Only the Patrician class could be members of the Senate. The Senate had 300 members who served for life (could not ever be removed from office).

Detailed explanation-2: -The patricians were the wealthy land-owning noble class in Rome. They often owned slaves who would work their farms for them. The patricians inherited their power and held almost all the important government positions such as the consuls. However, only males could vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Early Rome was divided into two groups, the patricians and the plebeians. Made up of rich landowners, the patricians were Rome’s ruling class. Craftspeople, merchants, and farmers formed a larger group called the plebeians.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roman citizens were divided up into two distinct classes: the plebeians and the patricians. The patricians were the wealthy upper class people. Everyone else was considered a plebeian.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. The separations meant that they would be completely separated. Plebeians could only marry people form their social class and so forth.

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