Social Class/Structure
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Upper Class
CEOs and Politicians
Upper Middle Class
Professionals, Graduate Degree
Lower Middle Class
Professional Support and Sales
Working Class
Clerical, Service, and Blue Collar
Lower Class
Part time and Unemployed
Senatorial Class
People in the Senetorial class were nobles and senators
Equestrian Class
You were either born being an equestrian or became an equestrian by becoming a very rich commoner.
Commoners
Freeborn citizens of Rome and foreigners, who were usually granted full citezenship
Freedpeople
Slaves who bought themselves into freedom, had to live under some strict limitations.
Slaves
Born into slavery or captured, slaves were owned by their masters. If allowed, a slave may have their own savings, and could buy their way into freedom.
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| America and ancient Rome; two very powerful civilizations. However, famous as they were, America and ancient Rome were very different, in both power and social class. Adding to that, these two civilizations were built at very different times, about 1000 years apart. | |