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- - - - they could buy it by earning enough money
      - a master could choose to free a slave
- - - - highest group in the roman class structure, only 600 at a time
      - for centuries Rome was run by the senate until the emperors in which their power was reduced
        
        but they could still influence decisions made by the emperor
      - to qualify either they had to be of senatorial class and own property worth at least 1 million sesterces
        
        this meant that their father was a senator or the emperor promoted them to the class
      - they were not allowed to engage directly in trade or commerce and they were not paid to be in the senate
      - they could stand in elections to become magistrates- politicians who held the main legal and political offices like the consul or praetor
      - they had reserved seats at public games and the right to wear a broad purple stripe on their toga
    - - second highest group in Roman society
      - had to own property worth 400,000 sesterces
      - often made out of successful businessmen as they could trade and commerce unlike the senators
      - used by the emperor to fill roles in civil service in Rome and its provinces
        
        may even be appointed governor of provences
      - were allowed to wear a small purple stripe on their toga as well as a gold finger ring
- - - - most preferable
      - could be tutors, used for household tasks or to work for the paterfamilias
    - - usually strong men
      - perform challenging and dangerous tasks like working in the mines, factories, farming or as rowers
      - usually have a short life expectancy
    - - owned by the state rather then an individual
      - they could: help with the upkeep of temples, baths or other public buildings, public construction, maintenance
      - educated slaves could be scribes in the Roman civil service