Question

Write a brief
note on
the social classes
of the
Roman Empire during the
late antiquity​

Answer 1

Answer:

Social class in ancient Rome was hierarchical, with multiple and overlapping social hierarchies. An individual's relative position in one might be higher or lower than in another, which complicated the social composition of Rome.[1]

Example of higher class Roman men.

The status of freeborn Romans during the Republic was established by:

Ancestry (patrician or plebeian);

Census rank (ordo) based on wealth and political privilege, with the senatorial and equestrian ranks elevated above the ordinary citizen;

Gender; and

Citizenship, of which there were grades with varying rights and privileges.

The different Roman classes allowed for different rights and privileges, including voting rights, marriage rights, and more.