CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Governor Of The Cayman Islands, Hoplite, Plebs
4 Jul 2016
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Who were the patricians: latin: patres , to be a patrician: Born a patrician (not an acquired status) Had the exclusive right to hold the public priesthoods of the roman state (continues into the republican period: head of patrician families: Could hold office of a substitute king, serving for 5 days for up to a year (at which point an assembly was held to elect a new king: republican period: authorization of the patricians. Conferred the auspices of the kings: auspices: Chief magistrates read the wills of the gods (omens i. e. of birds) Revealed the general mood of the gods. Who were the plebeians: latin: plethos or the masses/mob . Represents the balance of the people not members of the patricians. Not a part of the clans: did not emerge until the early republic, begin as a revolutionary movement [first succession of the plebs (out of five)]
