Patrician

A patrician was a member of the upper class in the two social classes in Ancient Rome. They were rich and powerful. The other class was the plebeian class.

References

• Kurt Raaflaub, ed. Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders (Blackwell Publishing, 2005)
• Gary Forsythe, 2005, A Critical History of Early Rome. University of California Press.
• Kenny Zeng, 2007, A History Of Ancient and Early Rome

Other websites

• www.bartleby.com/65/pa/patricia.html Archived 2007-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
• https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/patricians.html