The townspeople did not demand anything from the local lords during the Roman Empire. Although there were powerful local people, there were no local lords. Perhaps you are getting confused with the situation which existed in the Middle Ages.
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The relationship between lords and vassals made up a big part of the ... clergy and peasants and townspeople Knight.
They were given the rights to buy and sell property, freedom from military service to the lords, a written law that guaranteed the freedom of the townspeople, and the right for an escaped to become free after living a year and a day in the town.
Lords and vassals were granted land plots in exchange for offering services to protect the king. The serfs worked this land for the lords in exchange for their own protection. Therefore, the primary purpose of a lord was to master the art of war.
The system in which the powerful lords divided their land among lesser lords was called subinfeudation.
It depends on the type of 'lord' - junior lords were lords of the manor and thefore lived in manor houses. Senior lords probably had castles.