Citizens
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In Rome, a boy was a citizen if his father was one and legally married to his mother. There were two types of citizens, Patricians and Plebeians.
Patricians were people who could trace their heritage back to the original Senate of Rome. They owned huge estates and were very wealthy. Patricians held all the political positions and trade and commerce was considered to be beneath them.
Most of the population of Rome were Plebeians. They also made up most of the army and were involved in trade and commerce. Their only small say in how they were ruled was through the Citizen's Assembly. Plebeians were sometimes moderately rich landowners but he poorest of them owned no property at all. The fist time the Plebeians challenged the Patricians was in 494BC when they refused to attack an enemy, instead retreating to the mountains to hide.
Patricians were people who could trace their heritage back to the original Senate of Rome. They owned huge estates and were very wealthy. Patricians held all the political positions and trade and commerce was considered to be beneath them.
Most of the population of Rome were Plebeians. They also made up most of the army and were involved in trade and commerce. Their only small say in how they were ruled was through the Citizen's Assembly. Plebeians were sometimes moderately rich landowners but he poorest of them owned no property at all. The fist time the Plebeians challenged the Patricians was in 494BC when they refused to attack an enemy, instead retreating to the mountains to hide.