WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What best describes a Plebeian
A
Farmers, merchants, and artisans
B
Wealthy landowners
C
enslaved laborers
D
Freed Slaves
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words “commoners". Both classes were hereditary.

Detailed explanation-2: -The plebeians, or common citizens, were usually artisans, merchants, farmers, or traders.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plebeians were mainly artisans or peasants who worked the patricians’ land; they lived in apartments and they had no political rights.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Plebeians were the farmers, craftsmen, laborers, and soldiers of Rome. In the early stages of Rome, the plebeians had few rights. All of the government and religious positions were held by patricians. The patricians made the laws, owned the lands, and were the generals over the army.

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