Rome’s districts mixed classes so thoroughly that inequality was vertically stacked

Evidence

The fourteen districts of the urbs did not offer that sharp contrast between working-class and wealthy districts which may be seen in modern capitals, and there was the same kind of accidental egalitarianism in the Rome of the Caesars as there was later in the Rome of the Popes, with wretched apartOJent houses and magnificent palaces built next door to each other, and millionaires and men of modest means living on different floors under the same roof. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 224

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

Related

• Preindustrial Rome mixed all classes and uses in shared public space (similarity 0.85)
• Preindustrial cities’ density limited class-residential segregation (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Roman class divisions derived from birth, not wealth or office. #complicates (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1051
• Preindustrial cities relied primarily on appearance with spatial segregation as a secondary cue #qualifies (0.55) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 261
• Graded inequality makes every caste level invested in preserving the hierarchy #expands (0.50) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 132