Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Although the middle class is a modern idea, many Romans were poised between affluence and poverty.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 The Roman elite
1:17 A middle class
1:41 Upper vs. middle
2:19 Respectable professions
3:03 Prosperous craftsmen
3:34 The material record
4:42 Romanis Magicae
5:27 Case study I: freedmen
7:20 Case study II: veterans
9:12 Being middle class