plebeians

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Gladiatorial culture developed with the rise of what were known as games, or those events put on by elite Romans for plebeians and others socially beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

While the common people of ancient Rome were called plebeians, which word was used for a member of the Roman aristocracy?

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

This power to veto gave plebeians a way to protect themselves and put a check on the power of patrician officials.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

He fell in with one of those motley assemblages of patricians and plebeians, piety and profligacy, "a company of pilgrims"; a subject too well painted by others for me to go and daub.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles