Nobiles

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nobiles, ("nobles"). The small groups of families from both patrician and plebeian origins who had a consul in the family. For instance, Cicero's election as consul meant his family became nobilis. They controlled Rome's wealth and government.

Created after the Lex Hortensia (287 BC), the nobiles were a new social class consisting of both patrician and plebeian families, in which the family consisted of governmental officers.

See also: Roman Republic, populares, optimates, novus homo, Marcus Tullius Cicero

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