Roman Social Class

​Social Structure - Ancient rome

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Lets Review! What is a social structure?

• The way people in a society trade.

• The way people in a society worship.

• The way people in a society are classified either by wealth, occuptation, or birth order.

• They way people in a society make money.

​Rome was divided into two distinct social classes.

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Patricians and Plebians. ​

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Roma estaba dividida en dos clases sociales distintas.

​Patricians and plebians

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​​Patricians

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​All the other citizens of Rome were Plebeians.

Plebeians were the:

• farmers (agricultores)

• craftsmen (artesano)

• laborers (Obreros)

• soldiers (Soldados)

​​Plebians

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​The patricians were the ruling class of the early Roman Empire.

• Only certain families were part of the patrician class

• you had to be born a patrician.

• The patricians were only a small percentage of the Roman population, but they held all the power.

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_________ were the ruling class of Rome.

• Plebians

• Patricians

​In the early stages of Ancient Rome. Plebians could not hold public office or even marry patricians. Patricians owned the land, made the laws, and controlled the army.

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​Early Rome :

​En las primeras etapas de la Antigua Roma. Los plebeyos no podían ocupar cargos públicos ni casarse con patricios. Los patricios eran dueños de la tierra, hacían las leyes y controlaban el ejército.

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What other civilization did we learn about where people could not marry outside of their social class?

• China

• India

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

Over the course of 200 years Plebians gained more rights by refusing to work, leaving the city, and refusing to join the army.

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Eventually they earned the right to marry patricians and run for office. ​

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​Gaining more rights

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What laws were put in place in Ancient Rome? hint We talked about them last week

• Hammurabi's Code

• The Twelve Tables

• Constitution

• ​Slaves were not considered plebians.

• One-third of the population was made up of slaves.

• Most slaves were prisoners of war

• Slaves were treated differently depending on who their owner was ​

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​Slaves in Ancient Rome

Women had little official power. They could not run for office and their husbands were considered the leader of the household.

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They could however, own property and businesses. They could obtain great wealth​

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​Women in ancient rome

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Multiple Choice

In early Rome, Patricians and Plebians were allowed to marry.

• True

• False

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In early Rome if you are born a Plebian you could work your way to become a patrician by getting a good job and becoming wealthy.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What did Plebians do when they went on strike?

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How much of Rome's population was made up of slaves?

• One-half

• One-third

• One-fourth

• 75%

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Women could own property and have a business.

• True

• False