Concepts of Citizenship
Civitas
- relationship between man and city; responsibilities of a member of collective society
- most important value; linked to ownership of self, self-posession, self-control (moderation, temperance)
- individual value is based on other's perceptions; social currency
- individual value is conditional
Gloria - glory; reputation, fame
Dignitas - dignity; position in the social order
Fama - fame; others report of an individual, more well-known the better
Honos - a post of honor or elected office
Individual Citizen's Value = Gloria + Dignitas+ Fama + Honos
Class Structure
Patrician (senatores) - families from the founding of the city; senate is heads of patrician families
Equestrian (equites) - elevated middle class; knight or elevated plebean; earned through acts of great bravery or procurement of wealth
Plebeian (plebs or vulgus) - middle or lower class; freeborn citizens of newer families, tribes
Salves (servi), Foreigners (peregrini), Non-Citizens - little or no value
