To be entirely fair, the class warfare was between haves and have-nots; the patrician/plebeian divide as a matter of descent had been dead since the Mid-Republic. But yeah, people often hear “Senate” and think “Democracy!” when the Roman Senate was actually busy illegally killing democratically-elected politicians for threatening their obscene wealth.
The Late Republic, what a shitshow. Luckily, no such similar political conflicts have ever re-emerged in human history. So glad to be living in the modern era!
To be entirely fair, the class warfare was between haves and have-nots; the patrician/plebeian divide as a matter of descent had been dead since the Mid-Republic. But yeah, people often hear “Senate” and think “Democracy!” when the Roman Senate was actually busy illegally killing democratically-elected politicians for threatening their obscene wealth.
The Late Republic, what a shitshow. Luckily, no such similar political conflicts have ever re-emerged in human history. So glad to be living in the modern era!