1. Roman Society

2. Social Hierarchy Upper Classes: Patricians- Wealthy landowning
Equestrian- Economic, wealthy businessmen
Senators- political, served in senate
Lower Classes:
Plebeians- free born Roman Citizens
Slaves

3. Economic Growth Business flourishes
Guilds are created: trade organizations
Regulate: prices, wages, the quality and quantity of production and trade, and the recruitment, training and certification of apprentices
Represented their members in government, keep the business interests at the forefront of government law making

4. Economic Disaster Social disasters of the 14th century- 1300ad
Famine, civil upheavals, plague-Black Death killed one-third of the population in Europe