id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1238 Social class in ancient Rome - Wikipedia .html text/html 3627 539 64 Some plebeians owned small plots of land, but this was rare until the second century BC.[2] Plebeians were tied to patricians through the clientela system of patronage that saw plebeians assisting their patrician patrons in war, augmenting their social status, and raising dowries or ransoms.[2] In 450 BC, plebeians were barred from marrying patricians, but this law was repealed in 445 BC by a Tribune of the Plebs.[2][page needed] In 444 BC, the office of Military Tribune with Consular Powers was created, which enabled plebeians who passed through this office to serve in the Senate once their one-year term was completed.[2][page needed] Plebeians remained, for the most part, dependent on those of higher social class for the entirety of the existence of ancient Rome, through the clientela system or by other means attaching themselves to those with power if possible.[2][page needed] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1238.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1238.txt