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How did life differ for different classes of Romans?

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Answer:

Patricians.

Equites.

Plebeians.

Freedmen.

Slaves.

Step-by-step explanation:

Patricians were high class important politicians. Life was pretty good for them.

But there were some powerful Plebeian families that made patricians poor.

During the Roman kingdom and the first century of the Roman Republic, legionary cavalry was recruited exclusively from the ranks of the patricians, who were expected to provide six centuriae of cavalry (300 horses for each consular legion) Who also became known as Equites. Around 400 BC, 12 more centuriae of cavalry were established and these included non-patricians (plebeians).

A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, enslaved people were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their captor-owners), emancipation (granted freedom as part of a larger group), or self-purchase. A fugitive slave is a person who escaped slavery by fleeing.

Slaves were considered property under Roman law and had no legal personhood. Most slaves would never be freed. Unlike Roman citizens, they could be subjected to corporal punishment, sexual exploitation (prostitutes were often slaves), torture and summary execution. Over time, however, slaves gained increased legal protection, including the right to file complaints against their masters.

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