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2 timestamped hits 2 source readings 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-11-25, day precision Aliases: patricians-and-plebeian, patricians-plebeian, patricians-plebeians, plebeian, plebeians

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Patricians and plebeians

A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...

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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...

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Most connected source readings: Rome Built an Empire by Turning Wounds Into Weapons; Rome's Cult Of No Surrender.

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Patricians and plebeians

Glossary

Patricians are old Roman families and plebeians ordinary people; Jiang emphasizes their early social proximity.

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Timestamped Evidence

Rome's Cult Of No Surrender

2024-11-07, day precision · Civilization #14: Hannibal Barca, Lucius Brutus, and the Triumph of Rome

Transcript

"...The patricians. And the ordinary people are what we call the plebeians. And honestly, there wasn't that much difference. The patricians are just come..."

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