The social structure of ancient Rome was based on heredity ... Membership of the equestrian class was not restricted to Italian-born citizens, so letting equestrians into the Senate was a big ...

Now what do you think we can know about Jesus' social class based ... in the middle class, making a very high income. As soon as we take that into the ancient world we are totally lost.

Its hierarchical system placed the senatorial aristocratic class at the top of the social pyramid ... However, slavery in ancient Rome underpinned much of society’s success, and the freeborn ...