As Part I of the same series explains, the patrician/plebeian distinction was basically irrelevant by the mid-third century: https://acoup.blog/2023/07/21/coll

As Part I of the same series explains, the patrician/plebeian distinction was basically irrelevant by the mid-third century: https://acoup.blog/2023/07/21/collections-how-to-roman-republic-101-part-i-spqr/ https://acoup.blog/2023/07/21/collections-how-to-roman-repub... Of course, you would still need to be born a wealthy plebeian if you wanted to climb the ranks of Roman politics.