Ancient Rome Class System

A third social class who did not have rights

• patricians

• slaves

• plebeians

• Cicero

Fight of the plebeians against the patricians

• Public Office

• Law of 12 Tables

• Conflict of the Orders

• Order of the Phoenix

Famous plebeian Senator

• Elvis

• slaves

• Cicero

• veto

Upper class in ancient Rome

• patricians

• 8th graders

• plebeians

• Cicero

Means "I forbid in Latin

• patricians

• Cicero

• veto

• slaves

Publicly posted rights for Roman citizens

• The U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Conflict of the Orders

• Law of the 12 Tables

Group who fought to have equal rights with patricians

• patricians

• slaves

• plebeians

Plebeians could not hold this in early Rome

• Law of 12 Tables

• Conflict of the Orders

• Public Office

Which of the following is NOT a similarity between the plebeians and the patricians?

• They worshiped the same gods.

• They Celebrated the same holidays.

• They could both hold public office in early Rome.

• They had slaves if they could afford them.

Which of the following would be the LEAST necessary to include in a summary about Ancient Rome's class system?

• There were two distinct groups: the plebeians and the patricians.

• A third social class were slaves, who had no rights.

• The plebeians earned more rights over the years.

• Cicero, Rome's most famous Senator, was a plebeian.