See soorce fer Plebs

In [[auncient Roum]], the '''''plebs''''' wis the general body o free [[Roman ceetizenship|Roman ceetizens]] who wur nae [[Patrician (auncient Roum)|patricians]], as determined bi the [[capite censi|census]]. Shopkeepers, crafts fowk, an skilled or unskilled wirkers micht be '''plebeian''' ({{IPAc-en|p|l|ɪ-|ˈ|b|iː|ə|n}}; {{lang-la|plebeius}}).<ref>Richard C. Beacham, The Roman Theatre and Its Audience, p.14-15, Harvard University Press, 1991</ref> Frae the 4t century BC or earlier, some o the maist prominent an wealthy Roman faimilies, as identified bi their ''[[gens]]'' name (''[[Roman namin conventions|nomen]])'', wur o plebeian status. Leeterary references tae the ''plebs'', however, uisually mean the ordinary ceetizens o Roum as a collective, as distinguished frae the elite—a sense retained bi "[[wikt:plebeian|plebeian]]" in Inglis. In the very earliest days o Roum, plebeians wur ony tribe wioot advisers tae the King. In time, the wird - which is relatit tae the Greek wird for crowd, plethos - came tae mean the common fowk.

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