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PLEBEIANS. One of the divisions of the people in ancient Rome; that class which was composed of those who were not nobles nor slaves. Vide Smith's Dic. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. art. Plebes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This law had the same name in olden times, but other matters came under its jurisdiction--betrayal of an army, or inciting the plebs to sedition, in short, any public malfeasance which diminished the majesty of the Roman people [Lewis & Reinhold: 92]. all or most outsiders confess and agree tacitly that the language they seek and hold to be good is Florentine alone; I mean the one spoken by the noble and true citizens of Florence, who have some knowledge of either language or science; and not the one used by the plebs and the men who have knowledge of few other things than those they require as animals. [6] This sinister phrase foreshadows some of his later parafascist notions of urban planning, in which the plebs would live in slab blocks while the rulers were to be in carefully segregated villas. |
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