Plebeians

Plebeians

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The “plebs” were the vast majority of society and they constituted an important portion of Roman society made up of the common folk. Generally speaking they were the descendants of people who had come to Rome after the Patrician families had founded it. Possibly they were descended from freed men or simple immigrants.

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