Plebians In Ancient Rome

The Romans had many values they lived by. The ones the embodied the Roman citizens included living in a city based upon reason and law. There was no citizen that was above the law and everyone was civilized. The community is based on fellowship. Citizens should know one another 's name, share common joys and sorrows, have common ambitions and fears, and everyone should protect and care for each individual. As we know, self-actualization is one of the highest levels we can reach. By caring and giving to others, it shows they strived to do better than just that. The plebians and patricians were very distinct, different groups. The plebians were the working class. The patricians were the Roman Senate. The plebians made up much of the Roman army, and they felt that they were sacrificing their lives only to make the patricians richer. They were denied political input while the Republic was in power. They were sick of dealing with these atrocities and did something about it. The plebians finally decided to exert their power and went on strike. The plebian power soon found a way to extract further concessions from the patricians. They got the laws to be posted all over the city if Rome for everyone to see what they really were. The plebians had awful living conditions. They lived in poorly kept apartment buildings …show more content…
Pompey and Crassus caught word and immediately fled. Pompey emptied Rome 's Treasury, and headed east. Caesar knew the Pompey needed to be destroyed to see Rome prosper, so he went searching for him in Greece. Little did he know Pompey fled to the Egypt next, and was decapitated on the spot by border guards. Caesar continued on to Egypt and didn 't find Pompey. He did find Queen Cleopatra, which he could of thanked Pompey for trying to escape to Egypt, because he had a great year and a half with her. They had a son, but he felt guilty for not ruling Rome how he envisioned. He left to never be seen of or return