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Patrician or Plebeian?

Were the wealthiest members of society.
Controlled trade and the military.
Patrician
Plebeian

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Patricians were the wealthiest members of society in the Roman empire. They also were the ones who controlled trade and the military.

The plebeans on the other hand were commoners of lower birth who did not have such importance in the daily happenings of the republic.
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