plebeians

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Gladiatorial culture developed with the rise of what were known as games, or those events put on by elite Romans for plebeians and others socially beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

While the common people of ancient Rome were called plebeians, which word was used for a member of the Roman aristocracy?

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

In 450 BCE, the plebeians went on strike for the first time.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Descendants of daimyo generally gravitated to samurai rank, and those of samurai had to turn themselves into plebeians, in so far as they did not merit to be called to service as independent samurai.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro