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The Roman Empire and the Equestrian Order
In early rome, property is what counts. It gives you more power and makes your vote more powerful as a roman citizen. You all get to vote, but your vote means a different thing depending on how much property you've got. Slaves at the bottom, ye, freed slaves above them, they technically have a form of roman citizenshipy above them,. freeborn, sure. But then amongst the free born, a whole spectrum, depending onHow much property you have. We tend to give it specific words, but they will have belonged to different groups when they got to vote.