The Roman Middle Class in the Republican Period.

From Preface: The title Middle Class is here applied to the equestrian order which is described by the Elder Pliny as a tertium corpus which inserted itself between the senatorial class and the mass of the Roman people. I have also used to allude to this class the Latin word Equites. This usage should be distinguished from that of equites (in italics) which means calvalry. I have avoided the term knights commonly used in this connection because it seems to me inappropriate.