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   nobiles
   Roman nobility. When the plebeians obtained the right to hold the consulship, the exclusively
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   Nobiles
   During the Roman Republic, nobilis ("noble," plural nobiles) was a descriptive term of social rank, usually indicating that a member of the family had achieved the consulship. Those who belonged to the hereditary patrician families were noble, but plebeians whose ancestors were consuls were also co...
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