Until the second century B.C.E., Roman classes were defined according to

Question

A. male lineage
B. female lineage
C. Male initiative and actions
D. a civic lottery

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. male lineage. Until the second century B.C.E., Roman social classes and status were primarily determined by male lineage, specifically through the patrician and plebeian distinctions, which were based on the ancestry of males.