Patricians and Plebeians

Was the Roman upper class

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Was the Roman lower class

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Citizens who could vote

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Held all government and religious positions

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Was the majority group of Rome

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Inherited their power and social class by birth

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Were farmers, merchants, laborers and artisans

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Were not formally educated

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Lived in large estates

• Patricians

• Plebeians

Could not marry a person in a different social class

• Patrician

• Plebeians