Patricians

The plebeians accepted the offer, and accordingly two curule aediles were appointed—at first from the patricians alone, then from patricians and plebeians in turn, lastly, from either—at the Tribal Assembly under the presidency of the consul.

The country club wing has been dwarfed by the burn-it-down crowd, the patricians like the Tafts and DeWines of Ohio don’t carry the power they once did as a populist has put the Midwest in play in a serious way.

The patricians, secure in their oligarchy, cared not a whit, but began to complain a bit about the horrible hoi polloi hanging around on their streets.

People around town have never much cared for caricatures of the place—the starchy patricians, the chinless wonders, the history of exclusion—even when there is truth in them.

Abbott, 47 The old nobility existed through the force of law, because only patricians were allowed to stand for high office.

Abbott, 53 The plebeians had finally achieved political equality with the patricians.

At the foundation of the Republic in 510 BC, the patricians held sole claim to this office; by 300 BC, the office was open to plebeian occupation as well.

Because few families were admitted to the patriciate after the expulsion of the kings, while the number of plebeians continually grew, the patricians continually struggled to preserve their wealth and influence.

Brutus opened a debate on the form of government Rome ought to have; there were many speakers (all patricians ).

Cornell suggests that this centuriate system made the equites, who "consisted mainly, if not exclusively, of patricians" but voted after infantry of the first class, subordinate to the relatively low-status infantry.

He also increased the number of Patricians by adding new families to the dwindling number of noble lines.

However, if a daughter married a man who wasn't a patrician, their sons would never be patricians.

In early Rome, this was especially important for the patricians, who enjoyed tremendous status and privilege compared with the plebeians.

Lucius Cornelius Sulla 's reforms in 81 BCE raised the number of quaestors to 20 and the minimum age for a quaestorship was 30 for patricians (members of ruling class families) and 32 for plebeians (commoners).

Only the People of Rome (both plebeians and patricians) had the right to confer these powers on any individual magistrate.

Over time, the laws that gave patricians exclusive rights to Rome's highest offices were repealed or weakened, and leading plebeian families became full members of the aristocracy.

Patricians (aristocrats) in Mainz were often named after houses they owned.

Patricians could not hold the office.

Patricians wore red and orange sandals, senators had brown footwear, consuls had white shoes, and soldiers wore heavy boots.

Plebeians eventually became eligible for all the magistracies and most priesthoods, but the high priest of Jupiter ( Flamen Dialis ) remained the preserve of patricians.