The wealthiest citizens of ancient rome were
A) patricians
B) laborers
C) farmers
D) plebeians
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A) patricians.
Patrician in ancient Rome were the original aristocratic families of the country.
It is a synonym for "aristocratic" in modern English usage.
The distinction is highly important for the early Republic.
Their usefulness dimmed after the Conflict of the Orders (494 BC to 287 BC), and till reaching the late Empire and Republic, their membership in the patriciate became only of nominal significance.
When the Western Empire fell, it only remained a high honorary title for the Byzantine Empire.
Medieval patrician classes were formally defined groups of forward burgess families in many medieval Italian republics like the Venice and Genoa.
Ultimately, "patrician" became a non-relevant term that was used only for the aristocrats and the higher bourgeoisie orders in many countries.