Plebs Romana: People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome Publisher / Ivy Press Whose Knowledge Is It

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Plebs Romana: People, Power and Politics in Ancient Rome Publisher / Ivy Press Whose Knowledge Is ItYou may think about the Roman Empire every day, but I bet you rarely think about the plebs. The plebs were the commoners, the general populace and lower social classes, and as such their feelings, thoughts and voices are seldom captured in the sources. Most books about Ancient Rome treat the plebs as irrelevant 'lowlifes', which is indeed how they were viewed by the patricians at the centre of the existing popular histories. Plebs Romana is the first