Roman society

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Roman society was the complex social structure of ancient Rome, characterized by rigid class divisions, patriarchal family organization, slavery, and a strong emphasis on citizenship, law, and public life.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Roman culture 7
Roman plebeians 2
Roman aristocracy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient society ⓘ
social structure ⓘ
hasCharacteristic emphasis on citizenship ⓘ
emphasis on law ⓘ
emphasis on public life ⓘ
patriarchal family organization ⓘ
rigid class divisions ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
hasEconomy agrarian base ⓘ
latifundia system ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
hasFeature centrality of the household ⓘ
extensive use of slave labor ⓘ
gender inequality ⓘ
importance of patron-client relationships ⓘ
legal inequality ⓘ
public political participation for male citizens ⓘ
social mobility for some freedmen ⓘ
urban-rural divide ⓘ
hasInstitution Roman Senate ⓘ
Roman army ⓘ
Roman citizenship ⓘ
Roman family ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
clientela ⓘ
collegia ⓘ
gladiatorial games ⓘ
imperial cult ⓘ
municipal councils ⓘ
paterfamilias ⓘ
patronage system ⓘ
popular assemblies ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
public festivals ⓘ
slavery system ⓘ
hasLegalConcept civitas ⓘ
patria potestas ⓘ
status civitatis ⓘ
status familiae ⓘ
status libertatis ⓘ
hasReligion Roman polytheism ⓘ
household gods ⓘ
state cults ⓘ
hasSocialClass citizens ⓘ
equites ⓘ
freedmen ⓘ
non-citizens ⓘ
patricians ⓘ
plebeians ⓘ
provincials ⓘ
senatorial class ⓘ
slaves ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasTimePeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
hasValue auctoritas ⓘ
dignitas ⓘ
honor ⓘ
mos maiorum ⓘ
pietas ⓘ
public service ⓘ
virtus ⓘ
influenced Western concepts of citizenship ⓘ
later European legal systems ⓘ
urban public life in Europe ⓘ
partOf ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pistor → usedInHistoricalContext → Roman society ⓘ
Ubii → culturalInfluence → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Caudex → culturalContext → Roman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Ascalon → culture → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Caius Marcius Coriolanus → opposedBy → Roman plebeians ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Constantine → usedIn → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Romanized Britons → culture → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Roman theater of Beneventum → hasCulturalContext → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Lucania and Bruttium → influencedBy → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Roman equestrian order → partOf → Roman social hierarchy ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Roman equestrian order → relatedTo → Roman plebeians ⓘ
linked to: Roman society
Carrhae → underInfluenceOf → Roman culture ⓘ
linked to: Roman society