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1) plebs. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...plebs, (plebz) (KEY) or plebeians (plibe´nz) (KEY) [Lat. plebs=people], general body of Roman citizens, as distinct from the patrician class. They lacked, at first,...

2) plebs. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. pleˇbes (plbz)1. The common people of ancient Rome: the plebs and the patricians. 2. The common people; the populace. Latin plbs. See pel-1 in...

3) plebeians. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...plebeians, see plebs....

4) tribune. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The history of the office of tribune is closely associated with the struggle of the plebs against the patrician class to achieve a more equitable position in the...

5) plebes. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Plural of plebs....

6) pleb. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A commoner; a plebeian. Short for plebeian, or perhaps back-formation from plebs....

7) Augustus returns in triumph by Horace. Heathcote William Garrod, comp. 1912. The Oxford Book of Latin Verse
...HERCVLIS ritu modo dictus, o plebs, morte uenalem petiisse laurum Caesar Hispana repetit penatis uictor ab ora. unico gaudens mulier marito 5 prodeat iustis operata...

8) Trebonius, Caius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Caius, (trebo´nes) (KEY) , d. 43 B.C., Roman politician. When tribune (55 B.C.) of the plebs he proposed the Lex Trebonia by which Pompey obtained Spain, Crassus...

9) Claudius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of the laws of debt caused the temporary emigration of the general citizenry (the plebs, as distinct from the patricians) to the sacred mount, a hill NE of Rome....

10) patrician. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...were the civil office of interrex and some priestly offices. The increasing number of plebs in office together with patricians gave rise to the nobiles, an aristocracy...

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