What were the problems experienced by most of Rome's common people in the early days of the republic?

Question

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Responses

Commoners were barred from marrying patricians.
Commoners were barred from marrying patricians.

Commoners were expected to serve as unpaid soldiers when necessary, and even supply their own equipment.

Commoners were expected to serve as unpaid soldiers when necessary, and even supply their own equipment.

Commoners had no rights at all and the patricians held absolute power over them.

Commoners had no rights at all and the patricians held absolute power over them.

Commoners who could not repay what they owed became victims of debt bondage.
Commoners who could not repay what they owed became victims of debt bondage.

Answer 1

The problems experienced by most of Rome's common people in the early days of the republic included:

1. Commoners were expected to serve as unpaid soldiers when necessary, and even supply their own equipment.
2. Commoners had no rights at all and the patricians held absolute power over them.
3. Commoners who could not repay what they owed became victims of debt bondage.

The first statement about commoners being barred from marrying patricians is not correct, as the intermarriage laws changed over time and were not a universal or permanent restriction in the early republican period.