Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and ... work in the same jobs as plebeians – as craftsmen, midwives or traders. Some even became wealthy. However, Rome’s rigid society attached ...

The majority of the population were known as plebeians and they had to work ... They had no legal rights in ancient Rome and they were considered to be property. They did a wide variety of work ...

Plebs follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - a city that happens to be Ancient Rome. Rome is ...

The idea of the lowest paid members of society withdrawing their labour, leaving the wealthy to fend for themselves for once, dates back to Ancient Rome. Plebeian citizens would simply leave the ...