In the Roman city, the poor and captives had separate housing and lifestyles. The umras lived away from the common people by building their mansions on the hills, while the common people lived in dilapidated and dilapidated flats with no cooking facilities.

The underprivileged people of Greece and Rome

Tourists visit the ruins of Hadrian's Library in Athens on September 23, 2011

In ancient history , the deprived class was not given any social status. He belonged to the lower classes and was believed to be unconscious and scum who had no place in society. Now in the present time historians are finding their lost history and bringing their character to the fore.

Athens is said to be the birthplace of democracy, but in fact Athenian society consisted of many social classes. Slaves, foreigners and women were not allowed to vote.The citizens of Athens had the right to participate in the democratic process. He was a citizen. Both of whose parents belong to Athens.

Because of this social division,

Athenian society lacked harmony. The slave class was deprived of all rights. Slaves were also prisoners of war and citizens who could not repay their debts. The lender used to make them slaves. He used to sell these slaves even outside Athens. Due to this, a conflict arose between the rich and the poor in his society.

To remedy this situation, the jurist Solon (c.560 bc) enacted laws whereby enslaved citizens were sent out of Athens, brought back, and provided that the Athenian citizen Cannot be enslaved. Solon's laws contained class distinctions to some extent, but could not bridge the economic gap between the elite and the common people.

The common people of Athens were suffering from poverty and destitution. There was less land for cultivation. Most of the work was done by slaves, so there was unemployment among the common people. They used to find their sources of income. For example, every morning people would gather in front of the court where people were needed. Juries consisted of up to a thousand people and were paid. Due to poverty, some families used to leave their children in the open when they were born. From here, either the childless people used to take them or they were used as fodder for animals in summer and winter. There were no food facilities for the poor people. Some of them lived by begging and some people were blessed with meat when sacrifices were made to the gods and goddesses. Unemployed youths used to join the army and go to distant areas on military campaigns. For years there was no news about him whether he was alive or dead.

Although ordinary citizens participated in the Assembly of Athens,

its proceedings were dominated by elite politicians. Because there was no means of conveying the speaker's voice far enough away, laws were often passed by politicians without involving them. Hence in the Athenian democracy we find the deprived classes silent. They were used by politicians and elites for their own purposes but did not end their poverty and poverty.

We find the same situation in the Roman Empire, where slaves were the majority. Slaves also did agriculture. Minerals were extracted from the mines. They also did household chores and feared the Romans because of their numbers. When the hardships increased, they expressed their grief and anger by rebelling. For example, the revolt of Spartacus is famous, which shook the Roman Empire.

In the Roman city, the poor and captives had separate housing and lifestyles. The nobles built their mansions on the hills and lived away from the common people. While ordinary people lived in dilapidated and dilapidated flats with no cooking facilities. These buildings were very weak and often collapsed, causing casualties and raising rents when the owner built a new building.

Because of poverty, it was difficult for people to pay rent, so the landlord would evict them. At the time of the eviction, a family consisting of four children and a daughter took to the streets with their broken belongings. They did not have enough money to rent a new flat or take a loan to arrange their temporary accommodation.

There was a class of usurers to lend money. Who used to give loans to the poor on strict conditions on their compulsion. Another situation was that evicted people would build their dwellings out of mud on a vacant lot away from the city, but at the same time they feared that their occupation of the land was illegal.

There were also refugees from outside Rome.

When they couldn't find a place to stay, these homeless people spent the night under bridges or in the shadows of buildings. These homeless and unemployed people used to earn their living by begging. The Roman philosopher Seneca wrote that there were organized groups of beggars who would stand and beg in the streets and squares of the city. These unemployed and wandering people also served the interests of politicians. If the elite candidate did not win in the election, this group of vagrants used to take money from the politicians and carry away the ballot boxes and if there was a fight, they would also participate in it.

In the Roman Empire we had the elite called the Patrician and the common people called the Pleboian. The social difference between the two was evident during their lifetime and even after their death. Tombs were built over Patrician graves. Burial poles recorded their achievements and their families often visited their graves, while the graves of the poor were without inscriptions and were soon forgotten after death.

The history of the lower classes in the history of Greece and Rome is difficult to construct due to the paucity of sources. Although there is archaeological evidence in this process, it is definitely proved that despite their poverty, helplessness and lack of power, the deprived people practically contributed their role in the development of history.