plebeian

Examples of plebeian in the following topics:

• Ostia

  • The city of Ostia represents a more typical urban-dwelling existence for Roman plebeians.
  • The Isola Sacra provides insight into plebeian art and funerary practices during the second and third centuries CE.

• Roman Society

  • Roman society consisted of patricians, equites (equestrians, or knights), plebeians, and slaves.
  • In the beginning of the Roman republic, plebeians could neither intermarry with patricians or hold elite status, but this changed by the Late Republic, when the plebeian-born Octavian rose to elite status and eventually became the first emperor.

• Roman Sculpture under the Republic

  • Its sculpted frieze is a classic example of the "plebeian style" in Roman sculpture.
  • Because the wearing of togas was not conducive to manual labor, the simple clothing on the figures marks them as plebeians, or commoners.

• The Antonines

  • The figures on the decursio relief are stockier and in a style more commonly seen in the plebeian art of this time.

• Sculpture during the Decline of the Roman Empire

  • Sculpture during this period demonstrates the style and design of Late Antique art that was initially developed during the late second century CE from plebeian models.

• The Romans

  • Throughout its history, the people-including plebeians, patricians, and senators--were wary of giving one person too much power and feared the tyranny of a king.

• Architecture at Pompeii

  • Many of a patron's clients would be freedmen or other plebeians and lesser patricians.