In republican Rome, citizens were divided into two classes of Kizoku (patricius) and common people (plebeius), and initially, politics were controlled by Kizoku, with administrative rulers, including members of the Chamber of Elders, exclusively occupied by Kizoku.
共和制ローマでは市民は貴族（patricius）と平民（plebeius）の2つの階級に別れており、当初は政治は貴族が握り、元老院議員を始めとして執政官（コンスル）は貴族が独占していた。