Begin Part 1 of 2 covering the social and economic strife which existed between the patricians, wealthy plebeians, and everyone else in Rome.
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Mouritsen, Henrik. Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Mouritsen, Henrik. Politics in the Roman Republic: Key Themes in Ancient History. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Raaflaub, Kurt A. Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.