Patricians
- Wealthy individuals whose families were eligible to hold public offices
- Aristocratic landowners
- Only patricians could be in the Senate
Plebeians
- Poorer individuals who could not hold public office
- The majority of people in the Roman Republic
Women
- Had no citizenship in the Roman Republic
Slaves
- People became slaves by:
- Being captured as prisoners of war
- Being born to enslaved parents
- Failing to repay their debts
- As Rome spread, slavery became economically important because it maintained Rome's agricultural production