plebeian

(noun)

A free Roman citizen who was not a patrician.

Related Terms

  • Pontifex Maximus
  • insula
  • plebian
  • equite
  • pater familias
  • mithraea
  • cardo
  • pontifex maximus
  • augury
  • haruspicy
  • insulae
  • patrician

(noun)

One of the plebs, or common people of ancient Rome, in distinction from a patrician.

Related Terms

  • Pontifex Maximus
  • insula
  • plebian
  • equite
  • pater familias
  • mithraea
  • cardo
  • pontifex maximus
  • augury
  • haruspicy
  • insulae
  • patrician

Examples of plebeian in the following topics:

  • Ostia

    • The city of Ostia represents a more typical urban-dwelling existence for Roman plebeians.
    • The Isola Sacra provides insight into plebeian art and funerary practices during the second and third centuries CE.
  • Roman Society

    • Roman society consisted of patricians, equites (equestrians, or knights), plebeians, and slaves.
    • In the beginning of the Roman republic, plebeians could neither intermarry with patricians or hold elite status, but this changed by the Late Republic, when the plebeian-born Octavian rose to elite status and eventually became the first emperor.
  • Roman Sculpture under the Republic

    • Its sculpted frieze is a classic example of the "plebeian style" in Roman sculpture.
    • Because the wearing of togas was not conducive to manual labor, the simple clothing on the figures marks them as plebeians, or commoners.
  • The Antonines

    • The figures on the decursio relief are stockier and in a style more commonly seen in the plebeian art of this time.
  • Sculpture during the Decline of the Roman Empire

    • Sculpture during this period demonstrates the style and design of Late Antique art that was initially developed during the late second century CE from plebeian models.
  • The Romans

    • Throughout its history, the people-including plebeians, patricians, and senators--were wary of giving one person too much power and feared the tyranny of a king.
  • Architecture at Pompeii

    • Many of a patron's clients would be freedmen or other plebeians and lesser patricians.
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