NOBILES

'''Nobiles''', ("nobles") belonged to the small groups of families from both patrician and plebeian origins who had a consul in the family. For instance, Cicero's election as consul meant his family became ''nobilis''. ''Nobiles'' controlled Rome's wealth and government.
Created after the Lex Hortensia (287 BC), the ''nobiles'' were a new social class consisting of both patrician and plebeian families, in which the family consisted of governmental officers.

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★ Roman Republic

★ populares

★ optimates

★ novus homo

★ Marcus Tullius Cicero