Roman life" (Spielvogel 133). The plebs consisted of the poor class and small land farmers. Although they could vote, they did not have the same privileges of the patricians; they could not be elected to government office. This division of power and wealth led to a struggle between the two classes and eventually a change in the laws of Rome, which allowed the plebs to become consuls if they desired and eventually they were permitted to pass laws for all Romans. Similar instances existed in India for thousands of years, but the outcomes of the situations are very different.
             The nomadic Aryans who lived in north Eastern Europe started the caste system. They eventually moved south into India between 1500 and 1000 BCE and took over the civilizations that were set up there. The caste was originally based on skin color. The Aryans were of a lighter complexion of the natives of India and hence set up a system whereby only light skinned people could own wealth. Over the centuries, this initial form of discrimination
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