Comparisons Between Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

By N.S. Gill, About.com Guide

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.

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