Comparisons Between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

The social classes of Greece and Rome changed over time, but the basic divisions of early Athens and Rome consisted of:

Greece

• slaves
  
• freedmen
  
• metics
  
• citizens
  
• women;
  Rome
  
• slaves
  
• freedmen
  
• plebeians
  
• patricians.

Greek (at least Athenian) women were not citizens; Roman women were. Both societies were also divided according to wealth.