I wonder what's the best recent scholarly estimate of the percentages of each of the 3 main social classes of population in the city of Rome around the time of Octavian: Patricians Plebeians Slaves It would be a bonus if in addition the answer includes: comparison with the percentages outside the cities some statistics on the subdivisions of the Plebeians: military freed slaves tradesmen skilled workers like scribes, musicians etc. some statistics on the slaves: numbers who became slaves due ...
