Patricians & Plebeians Patricians The patricians held almost all political power. Only patricians could be elected to office. Fearing that Rome would be split in two, they decided it was time to change the government. Plebeians The plebeians, or common people, were made up of peasants, craftspeople, traders, and other workers. They called for change in the government to give them more say in how things were run. They also formed a council and elected their own officials. Today’s Assignment & Simulation Patricians get their own desk Each Patrician gets a slave slave gets chair Slave must do all the work for themselves & the Patrician Three plebeians get a desk Group the rest of the plebeians together They get one pencil per group and one desk to write on One person from each group must be the patar familias If anyone does something wrong, they will be punished Patar familias can sell family members into slavery Complete Plebes & Pats WKST for tomorrow