This mural shows several aspects of social class: from rulers, to philosophers, to servants and nannies, and warriors. Social class is defined by who has the most, or least, access to resources like wealth, property, education, power, and prestige. It is a system of stratification, also known as socioeconomic status.
Caesar was a part of the upperclass, also known as Capitalist class. Back in Ancient Rome rulers like him possessed most of the wealth in the country.
The capitalists (like Caesar here) are powerful because they own the means of production, such as labor and materials. Karl Marx calls them bourgeoisie (borg-wa).
Karl Marx calls the working class, proletariat. These are the people that sell their labor for wages like this janitor.
The habits, expectations, knowledge, skills and cultural tastes that we acquire are collectively known as ones Cultural Capital; which is greatly influenced by the previous generation. In the mural the father has brought his daughter along to the market place, exposing her to the culture of that time period, furthering the socialization process and her exposure to various aspects of cultural capital.
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