{"id":93699,"date":"2025-05-31T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93699"},"modified":"2025-01-22T21:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T02:50:07","slug":"social-hierarchy-in-the-early-roman-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/05\/31\/social-hierarchy-in-the-early-roman-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Hierarchy in the Early Roman Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hS8CBrGU5uE?si=za27ewVDWLbU3fHZ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>seangabb<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 31 Dec 2024<\/p>\n<p>The second lecture in the series \u2013 an exploration of social divisions within the Early Roman Empire. Contents include: <\/p>\n<p>00:00:00 \u2013 Introduction<br \/>\n00:05:37 \u2013 The Roman Social Structure<br \/>\n00:09:02 \u2013 The Position of the Emperor<br \/>\n00:11:49 \u2013 Perception and Role of the Emperor<br \/>\n00:19:24 \u2013 Evolution of the Imperial Senate<br \/>\n00:22:19 \u2013 What Kind of Men became Senators?<br \/>\n00:25:34 \u2013 The Functions of Senators<br \/>\n00:27:41 \u2013 The Equestrian Order<br \/>\n00:30:56 \u2013 Local Government<br \/>\n00:35:49 \u2013 The Imperial Bureaucracy<br \/>\n00:37:16 \u2013 Narcissus, Pallas, Felix<br \/>\n00:42:12 \u2013 Ordinary People<br \/>\n00:43:06 \u2013 Roman Citizenship<br \/>\n00:45:15 \u2013 How to Become a Citizen?<br \/>\n00:47:21 \u2013 Justice According to Class<br \/>\n00:51:34 \u2013 How was Status Legally Determined?<br \/>\n00:59:44 \u2013 Patron and Client<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you have enjoyed this lecture, its author might enjoy a bag of coffee, or some other small token of esteem: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDcwamJYdjdnamRzNnB5Zlc5RlJkVFIzb0JGd3xBQ3Jtc0ttdUE4aGhkT211N09iX0REeGtrc0hRaFRzRDNZa1J6d2hiMWg3T2dfSG1zLXdOUXZqR2VCb1dOaHdpTkh6eHotQ1ptQXZCSmFYeTRKWDJZc0FVZ1g3ZEtGN2prNEduUVNocUlWUTlVcTV6WTJma2FXYw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fhz%2Fwishlist%2Fls%2F3HSH7EF410352%3Fref_%3Dwl_share&#038;v=hS8CBrGU5uE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/hz\/wishlist\/&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Books by Sean Gabb: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGRJcUkxWTgyNXVFTVQxOFh6X0xxZmNWeGlXd3xBQ3Jtc0tta2hhbjlobzdFblVxOW9MVHBXNlFzb3BJTnJkTm9yRHZNQk5icWhtVHNyX3NFUmNsNVYyZ200ZnAyU1NINzE3TzdvRmRDMm53TWxIbmc5cHVOMTlUX1JUd2QzYzhnb2JQM2JsQ1VuTExldDVOQzdFQQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fkindle-dbs%2Fentity%2Fauthor%2FB0034Q418E%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26node%3D266239%26offset%3D0%26pageSize%3D12%26searchAlias%3Dstripbooks%26sort%3Dauthor-sidecar-rank%26page%3D1%26langFilter%3Ddefault%23formatSelectorHeader&#038;v=hS8CBrGU5uE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/kindle-dbs\/e&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>His historical novels (under the pen name &#8220;Richard Blake&#8221;): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFpNT0NoQ0U0UGQ3VWMtWDFKMkY0Q09DeWh5d3xBQ3Jtc0tuM0FmTWs0UVhwY0RpVUg4RXJFNTRrNzE1Q29LMER5TXpHT2R6R2NYUjFFOUNsXzg2OU5YSTBjbkN3YnBhck96a2JHdzhIWjZLUFNoN0JuRFNYY2NQeW9iNzZETWZCMUo1b1NZTkdzU2wtbXhjWVpSMA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FRichard-Blake%2Fe%2FB005I2B5PO&#038;v=hS8CBrGU5uE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Richard-Blak&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seangabb Published 31 Dec 2024 The second lecture in the series \u2013 an exploration of social divisions within the Early Roman Empire. 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