ROMAN SOCIAL ORDER
Before 484 BCE, The Roman social class was very uneven.(like a teeter totter). The Patricains were the wealthy class and they ruled government.They were the only class that could run for office and they are decendants of the Founding Fathers.Also the Patricains and the Plebians could not intermarry each other. The Plebians were not happy with this though, they decided to go on strike,refusing to serve in the army and they left the city to start their own government. Eventually the Patricains and the Plebians joined together and made the government. (in the pyramid below) After the strike in 484 BCE, the Plebians and the Patricians had more equal rights (teeter totter is more evened out). They could intermarry,the Plebians had the cousil of Plebs, the Plebians can run for office and vote.