Plebeians
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In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or were in other words "commoners". Both classes were heredit
Distributing bread to plebeians
Ruins of insulae
Plebes (first-year students) marching in front of Bancroft Hall, United States Naval Academy
Roman Republic
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The Roman Republic was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Act
Plebeians
…from a nucleus of the rich religious leaders who formed themselves into a closed elite after accomplishing the expulsion of the kings. In the early Roman Republic, there are attested 43 clan names, of which 10 are plebeian with 17 of uncertain status. There existed an aristocracy of wealthy families in the regal…
The "Capitoline Brutus", a bust possibly depicting Lucius Junius Brutus, who led the revolt against Rome's last king and was a founder of the Republic
Bust of Pyrrhus, found in the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum, now in the Naples Archaeological Museum
Coin of Hiero II of Syracuse
Temple of Janus as seen in the present church of San Nicola in Carcere, in the Forum Holitorium of Rome, Italy, dedicated by Gaius Duilius after his naval victory at the Battle of Mylae in 260 BC