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Optimates

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Op`ti`ma´tes
n. pl.1.The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares.
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According to Saint Thomas Aquinas there were three "orders" of people in the cities: the supremi or optimates (the patriciate), the medii or the populus honorabilis and finally the infimi or the vilis populus.
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Much like today's Democrats and Republicans, in Rome two opposing political parties, the Populares and the Optimates, faced off on either side of the political divide.
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Meanwhile, the Optimates party, which controls the Senate, struggles with the party of the Populares, which controls the Assembly.
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