In Ancient Rome, the population was divided into two groups; patricians and 

plebeians. The patricians were the descendants of most powerful families in all of Rome. They lived in mansions and had political power in the senate. The patricians would get married and only did business with people of the same class. Plebeians were mainly artisans or peasants who looked after the patricians’ land. They lived in cramped apartments and had no political say. If a plebeian was lucky, they could become a servant for a patrician family. For their work, they received protection from the patricians. Even below plebeians in the social structure of Rome were freed slaves and slaves. Freed slaves were slaves had either been given freedom or had paid for their freedom and now worked for themselves. Slaves were generally prisoners of war or abandoned children who were owned by their master. The social structure of Ancient Rome was one of the worst parts, as it was incredibly unfair and unsettling to think innocent people were slaves.