HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a group of judges in the Roman Empire
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a group of three leaders of the Roman Republic
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C) a large but politically limited group of people
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D) a powerful group of nobles who were small in number
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, plebeians could not join the Roman Senate-an advisory body unable to create laws on its own but whose recommendations were taken seriously by the consuls. To become a senator, a Roman had to have held a political office, and plebeians could not.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Plebeians. Plebeians were the lower class, often farmers, in Rome who mostly worked the land owned by the Patricians.
Detailed explanation-4: -The plebeians were members belonging to the lower strata of society. It mainly consisted of farmers and common men. These worked on the fields owned by the Patricians.