plebeians
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Can’t Ms. Schmidt muster sympathy for plebeians renting a studio for $3,000?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
The plebeians could only reap what they had sown, and as they had sown nothing of any value, they had fallen into a state of extreme seediness.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
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