Patrician Revolt Vs Plebeian Revolt

During the decline of the Roman Republic , the Senate became the effective governing body of the Roman State. A certain circle of powerful or wealthy families, which consisted of patricians and plebeians, controlled the Senate. The patricians were a group of people who were known to be the wealthiest and most favored by the kings. The plebeians, on the other hand, were people who were typically poorer, but in some cases gained more wealth than the patricians.

Plebeian and Patrician Class Throughout history there are so many things that has shaped the government. The struggle between the Plebeian and the Patrician class helped shaped the Roman government in many different ways. The Plebeians were the poor people of the government and had no say, the Patricians were the rich and they had power, so of course this caused a struggle in the Roman government.

The Plebeians did not have any say in the government but the consuls and the upper class

. . is almost uniformly negative” (59). Additionally, Simonton notes that those in the oligarchy referred privately to their rule as an oligarchy; they seldom did so publicly. To me, the story of the Roman patricians granting political rights to the plebeians to maintain control fits with Simonton; however, at what point does this ‘control’ become a fiction? Where does the oligarchy end and democracy or the republic begin?

They had all the control over the religion and the government. The plebeians were everybody that wasn’t a Patrician. They had little to no voice throughout imperial Rome’s history. In both classes the oldest male was the head of the families. Women had no rights during this time and the people were Christian.

Patricians are the higher class and they are wealthy. Also, they are the only ones allowed to be in the government. Their percentage of the population is a small junk of Rome. To be a patrician, you had to have been given birth by a patrician. Now the plebeian on the other hand is every other person in Rome.

Doc. 8 by a Roman general, shows that Romans would rather use more labor of the lower classes for regular pleasure of the higher classes. Also, according to Doc. 6, written by a Roman upper class citizen, Romans took more time and manpower to perfect things that were neither efficient, nor productive. Documents by lower class citizens of the Roman Empire would provide more insight into the relationship between higher and lower classes and help understand their uses of

The citizens would elect Praetors, these were judges that ruled in the judicial branch and would be voted for each year(AR). Usually only the wealthy Praetors would be elected leaving out the middle and lower class citizens of Rome(AR).Today in The U.S., people can vote on issues that are addressed within America and are also able to vote on who is elected as the president no matter what financial state they are in. In Rome, the lower class citizens also known as the plebeians, were forced into the army and were furious at the fact that

It seems that debt has become a norm in today’s society; people do not flinch at the sound of the word or attempt everything in their power to not succumb to it. When debt was a feared concept, people ran away from it. However today it seems that people are somewhat forced into a life of debt. The piece by Margeret Atwood, “Debtor’s Prism” is one about how the idea of debt has been deeply woven into our literature, social structure, and culture. Since the recession began in late 2007, Atwood takes a unique perspective of the history behind debt and the meaning of having been pawned.

The uniting between Rome and the Italian Peninsula transformed Rome from a city-state into a great power. While developing the loyalty to the state, the citizenship emerged with hostility with the rivalry in the western Mediterranean Carthage. The most difficult to maintain during the expansion was the imperial expansion of society and politics. With the expansion came the widened gap between the rich and poor which had weakened the constitutional balance between classes. As relationships deteriorated larger commercial farms had pushed the smaller farmers into Rome which would increase the number of the poor class citizens and slavery also greatly increased.

Fearing lest they should be deprived of their country, they decided in their counsels and ingenious calculations that our dukes, counts, or all the leaders, ought to make an oath of fealty to the Emperor”. They renounced their power and submitted to the rapidly growing central government. Central government would become a prominent force again in Europe due to trade, and the help of Roman law. There was a resurgence of The Corpos Iuris Civilis, an old set of Eastern Empire books about law, which also caused the scholasticism of law, meaning it became a disciplined field of study. It emphasized the idea of a central leader, and from here the development of a centralized government came about again, bringing with it more efficient trade, large cities, and a powerful military through tax

This book has given me a greater understanding on the Classics as a whole. The book touches on a plethora of classical topics in chapter 2, and often compares the western civilization to our west. The author also gave me better understanding of the time periods. I didn’t know slaves had better treatment than the free people in Persia at the time, or that war was an enormous role in Classics age. From the western civilization class I’ve took earlier this year, this books discuss the importance of money in a war, when Sparta beat Athens, or when Rome beat the Carthaginians because of the new money they received to build ships.

The revolts usually revolved around the issues of better treatment of the peasants and serfs, more freedom, and more movement throughout the strict social system (Renaissance, April 12). The social distinction between the elites and the poor people usually provided regulations which were meant to be followed. Lower class citizens and slaves were the scapegoats of each empire and bolstered the stigma of needing separation, due to their disgusting living

They made up the majority of the working class (Plebeians). They were excluded from the senate and all other public offices (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). They had very little individual control, but due to the plebeians’ large number in ancient Rome, though, together they were a force to be reckoned with (Plebeians). This explains why Brutus was so steadfast to talk to the plebeians before Mark Antony was to speak in Act 2, Scene 1. It also clarifies why Cassius was so against Mark Antony speaking to the plebeians in the same scene.

In this essay I will endeavor to examine Carthage and compare and contrast how its power rivaled Rome, I will look at the many similarities and differences in their way of life, and also how they came into conflict with each other. Carthage came into being in the ninth century B.C and traces its roots to the Phoenicians, who were a hardy race of sea farers based around the area of what is now known as Lebanon. They established many trading routes and partnerships throughout the Mediterranean Sea and even along the Atlantic coast. Carthage rapidly grew from a small port to a thriving trade hub and the epicenter of Phoenician commerce, this growth was accelerated by the arrival of many wealthy citizens of Tyre, the Phoenician capital, when