plebeians in English

noun
1
(in ancient Rome) a commoner.
In ancient Rome clients were plebeians who were bound in a subservient relationship with their patrician patron.

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1. Both nobles and plebeians quench the thirst of their lust here.

2. Synonyms for Bourgeoisies include plebs, publics, populaces, commoners, commons, plebeians, commonalities, bourgeois, citizens and civilians

3. The plebeians achieved this by developing their own organizations (the concilium plebis ), leaders (the tribune s and plebeian aedile s), and as the ultimate weapon used the secessio , by which the plebeians would literally leave Rome, effectively boycotting the city.

4. They consisted of nine men, five of whom were plebeians, and during Julius Caesar’s time the number of Augurs rose to 16.

5. The Consuls were usually patricians, though after 367 BC plebs (common people; plebeians) could stand for election as Consul.

6. As Godoy claimed, the Tumult of Aranjuez was the work of seduced plebeians, a revolution that seeped down from above.

7. At first the Aediles were two officials of the plebeians, created at the same time as the tribunes (494 bc), whose sanctity they shared.

8. 0 0 She was worshipped almost exclusively by plebeians, and her temple near the Circus Maximus was under the care of the plebeian Aediles, one of whose duties was the superintendence of the corn-market

9. A collegium of two Consuls was established, according to classical tradition, after the banishment of King Tarquinius Superbus (510–509 B.C.) At first only patricians were elected as Consuls; as a result of a struggle between the plebeians and the patricians from 367 …

10. The Roman goddess of fertility and agriculture, Ceres was the patron of farmers and protector of the plebeians. Adapted from the Greek deity Demeter, Ceres was worshiped as the mother of Proserpina, whose abduction by Pluto was a central episode in Greek and Roman mythologies.

11. Aedile, Latin Aedilis, plural Aediles, (from Latin aedes, “temple”), magistrate of ancient Rome who originally had charge of the temple and cult of Ceres. At first the Aediles were two officials of the plebeians, created at the same time as the tribunes (494 bc), whose sanctity they shared.

12. The Aedile was split into two main offices: plebeian Aedile and curule Aedile.The office of plebeian Aedile could only be held by a plebeian whereas both plebeians and patricians could be elected into the office of curule Aedile.Most men in Rome who were climbing Rome's political ladder, the curus honorum, would serve as an Aedile after their quaestorship.