Ancient Rome: The Roman Emperor And The Slaves

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Ancient Rome consist of 4 main categories of people.The lowest group with no wrights are the slaves, they were owned by people and forced to do work.3rd highest on the scale is the Plebians, they were not slaves but they were not wealthy, they usually had little money or just enough.2nd highest if the Patricians they were very wealthy they had the best clothes,houses,food and everything. The best person in Rome with almost all power was the emperor, they were in control of everyone and they could afford everything they had the best of the best. The two social classes were contacting is the emperor and the Slaves.One difference is money , the emperor's had a lot of money they even had slaves.Slaves had little to know money.Emperors had the

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