HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Who were wealthy landowners who made up Rome’s ruling class?
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Plebeians
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Patricians
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Monarchs
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Aristocrats
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The patricians were the wealthy upper class people. Everyone else was considered a plebeian. The patricians were the ruling class of the early Roman Empire.
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