The social class order before everything changed pre (494BC) was straight forward. patricians were on the top being the rich ruling class being senators- consuls and preators. next up is the plebeians poor with little rights and nowhere equal to patricians. last up are the freemen and the slaves with no rights at all the only thing different about freemen was they were released slaves. treated harshly and whipped and forced to do work. After the roman social class order changed after (494BC) made a huge impact on the patricians and plebeians first off patricians could now marry plebeians and vise versa. the plebeians got so upset with their little rights they decided to leave. the plebeians were the shop keepers and cleaners so after they left the city became a mess so the patricians invited them back giving them little rights as the consul of plebs and tribune they were also now allowed to vote to elect senators.