HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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They were upper-class citizens who owned the most valuable land.
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They were not allowed to be priests or government officials.
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They had little voice in the government.
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They were mostly laborers, craftspeople, shopkeepers, and peasants.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Upper-class citizens, called patricians, came from a small group of wealthy landowners. Patricians comes from the Latin word patres, which means “father.” The patricians chose the “fathers of the state, ‘’ the men who advised the Etruscan king. Patricians controlled the most valuable land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Patricians and Plebeians The upper-class patricians (puh•TRIHSH•uhnz) were wealthy landowners who held all of the highest positions in government. The plebeians (plih•BEE•uhnz) were mostly common farmers. Like all male Roman citizens, they could vote, but they couldn’t hold important government positions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Patrician. Patricians were considered the upper-class in early Roman society. They controlled the best land and made up the majority of the Roman senate.
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.