patricians, plebeians N' stuff

Patricians were the rich landowners how held the most power, while plebeians being the commonfolk, taking up jobs such as farmers, artisans, and merchants. Fewer people were Patricians much like our society, and most of the population were plebeians. Patricians mostly came from dynasties and were born into wealth and power, and the same with plebeians, except being born into the middle class. Patricians held most of the power in their government, but there are still very important roles that plebeians could play, but not many.

Greeks had Aristocrats and freedmen, while Rome had Patricians and Plebeians