CLAS 1000 Chapter 3-5: CLAS 1000 Ancient Rome Chapter 3-5: 3: Class and Status; 4: Roman Slavery; 5: The Roman Household
9 Aug 2016
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Chapter #3: class and status page #46-71: In roman society, those who achieved their higher social and economic standing did no pave the way for others but slammed the door on them. Class: however, it is common to hear behaviour described as middle class, which suggests that attitudes and actions can be popularly understood, or stereotyped, as the direct result of economic standing. Under the empire, when minimum property requirements has increased from equestrian fortune to. 1,000,000 sesterces, the designation became hereditary: decurion the last of the top three economic divisions. As the wealthiest men of the empire"s local communities, decurions held local magistracies ad sat on town councils. The minimum wealth required to qualify as a decurion varied from place to place: the non-elite includes everyone else. According to tradition, patricians were the descendants of the senators (the patres) selected by romulus. In reality, no throng of self-made men began to populate public offices.
