Rome’s governance structure was so flexible that it accommodated a centuries-long political struggle between the aristocratic patrician class and the non-noble plebeians. The two groups may have ...

Families would honor their household spirits while Rome had colleges of official priests ... meaning “king of sacred things” was a patrician appointed for life and was barred from holding ...

The victorious and lauded warrior Coriolanus is a military leader of ancient Rome, a member of the aristocratic “patrician” class. 1789 playbill for the Theatre Royal Drury Lane But he ...