HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -They also held the important military and religious offices. Free non-patricians called plebeians were mostly peasants, laborers, craftspeople, and shopkeepers. The word plebeian comes from plebs, which means ‘’the common people”. Plebeians made up about 95 percent of Rome’s population.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word patricii is derived from the term patres, which was the name given by Romulus to the original senators. Patricii designated the descendants of the first 200 senators (or, according to a few other sources, of the first 300).
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is true of the Patrician order? Only they could be elected to governmental offices.