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What if during the Middle Ages plebeian elements had been successfully been in charge of Venice, Genua, Pisa, Florence (maybe even a successfully Rome Commune or other Republican approaches)? This can be done either by revolution or evolution. It can be also backed by patrician nobility deciding to go plebeian for for political strategy reasons.How would the Medival world react to plebeian City states ? Could a plebeian patriotic philosophy manifest in that era ?
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