1. The Roman Constitution
Roman History
The Roman Constitution

2. Mos maiorum (virtus, pietas, fides) Equites Nobiles Clientela
Lictors with Fasces
Political Structure
Magistrates
Senate
Centuriate Assembly
Leges
Tribal Assembly
35 rural
4 urban 42 39 36
Social Structure
Plebs
Mos maiorum (virtus, pietas, fides)
Equites
Nobiles
Clientela
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3. Roman fresco: Aldobrandini Wedding (Vatican Library)
Roman Clientela
fides
client = patron
dignitas/beneficia
salutatio, deductio
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Roman fresco: Aldobrandini Wedding (Vatican Library)
Roman Patrician with Busts of His Ancestors. Ca 30 BCE
Rome Capitoline Museum

4. Relief of a Roman funeral procession. Amiternum, 1st century CE
Relief of a Roman funeral procession. Amiternum, 1st century CE.  Abruzzo, Museo Nazionale.
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Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( AD) at his triumph as Germanicus. Relief from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius. Rome, Capitoline Museum.