1. THE PLEBS MARCO GUTIERREZ

2. PLEBEIANS Plebeians, plebs, plebis. Working class in ancient Rome. Bakers, farmers, & craftsmen. Support family their family and pay their taxes.

3. LACK OF OPPORTUNITY Little to no education. Excluded from colleges. No knowledge of the laws that governed them. No intermarriage with members of the patrician order.

4. REBELLION Revolts and Strikes. Secessio plebis.

5. RESULTS Establishment of plebeian offices. The Law of the Twelve Tables. Right of intermarriage. Access to high government offices and priesthoods.

6. BECOMING NOBILITY Between 326 and 304 BCE some plebs became nobility. Shared interests. Novus homo

7. WELL KNOWN NOVI HOMINES Gaius Marius Roman general and statesman Cicero Roman philosopher Lucullus Politician Crassus Roman general and politician Pompeius Pompey the Great, military and political leader

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