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Ancient Rome and the fall of the Republic

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Distributing bread to plebeians

In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs^[1] were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary.

^ Wright, Edmund, ed. (2006). The Desk Encyclopedia of World History. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-7394-7809-7.