Latin for "lesser citizen"?

[smiling_bandit]

What wqould the Latin for “Lesser Citizen” or “Lesser Roman” be?

[Queen_Bruin]

Plebs, plebis (f) for “the lower class”.

[BrainGlutton]

I dunno, but I know this belongs in GQ.

[Cunctator]

Perhaps you could go with something like civis minor.

[smiling_bandit]

Ah drat. I must have clicked on the wrong forum name. Sorry!

[BrainGlutton]

From http://www.bible-history.com/rome/RomeRoman_Citizenship.htm:

4 Classes of Citizenship
When Rome conquered a city the defeated people would fall into one of four classes. Citizens, Municipia, Latin Allies, and Italian Allies. Other areas maintained their domestic independence but Rome dictated their foreign policies.
Citizens had full rights and full privileges.
Municipia received Roman citizenship without the right to vote. They were allowed a local self-government and the rights of trade. They also served in the army and paid taxes.
Latin Allies had no citizenship but were allowed the rights of trade, they also equipped Rome with foreign legions and were self-governed.
Italian Allies were Roman protectorates. They sent troop levies to Rome, and they shared in the spoils of war.

[BrainGlutton]

From http://www.bible-history.com/rome/RomeRoman_Citizenship_Facts.htm:

• Rome offered different classes of citizenship to the people of the allied or conquered towns. One class of citizenship offered full voting privileges and an opportunity for the man or his descendents to gain a magistracy or membership in the Roman senate.
• The Latin War (340-338 BC) was quickly decided in Rome’s favour. Virtually all of Latium was given Roman citizenship and became Roman territory, but the towns retained their local governments.
• The large states of Praeneste and Tibur maintained somewhat of an independence by becoming Rome’s military allies.
• The Latin League was abolished; but the legal rights that the Latins had enjoyed among themselves were retained by Rome as a legal status, the Latin right (ius Latii), and used for centuries as an intermediate step between non-Roman status and full Roman citizenship.