Question

The proletariat were
Wealthy middle class?
The owners of the means production?
The workers?
The unionized workers?

Answer 1

The workers

Answer 2

in Marxian theory, the class of exploited workers and wage earners who depend on the sale of their labor for their means of existence. In ancient Rome, the proletariat was the lowest class of citizens; its members had no property or assured income and were a source of discontent and political instability.