What group of people made up the aristocracy?

This was an order issued during the civil war by president lincoln ending slavery in the confederate states

Brainliestttme : describe the following event: increase in islamic extremism in the middle east

Which event is considered to be start of the "hellenistic era"? a) the founding of the roman empire b) the death of alexander the great c) the end of the peloponnesian wars d) the founding of the roman republic