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How did the council of the plebeians change life for the plebeian?
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It gave them a say in politics and an ability to pass laws without being over-ridden by the Patricians in the Senate, and by manipulation in the Tribal Assembly.
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The ancient Romans had three major forms of government during the almost 900 years of their existence including when the empire was divided into an eastern and western half. 1. Monarchy (king ) 2. Republic ( balance of powers ) 3. Constitutional Monarchy ( Imperator driven ) The last system always tried to give the semblance of the old republic, however for all practical purposes the emperor had supreme control of the empire's affairs. As example, control of the military and the power to appoint or remove members of the Senate. The Assembly also remained, and emperors would "propose" laws and policies to both organizations. The term of "king" was always avoided. 4. The term of "dictator" was used in times of extreme crisis. Julius Caesar as example was bestowed by the Senate to be dictator for life.
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Who patrician elected by the plebeians to speak for their interests?
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What were the differences between a patricians and plebeians?
The Patricians established themselves as the aristocracy by monopolising the priesthoods during the monarchy. This was important because many aspects of private, public and political life were regulated by religion. At the beginning of the republic they came to monopolise the senate and the consulship (two consuls were the annually elected heads of the city and the army) and political power. The patricians were also large landowners and large scale farmers. The plebeians were the commoners; that is, all non-patricians. The rich plebeians were merchants, owners of manufacturing workshops or were engaged in professions which required an education. They fought for access to the offices of state and power-sharing with the patricians. Eventually they obtained this and were co-opted into a patrican-plebiean oligarchy and were given equite (cavalryman) status. The equites were the lower tier of the aristocracy and the patricians were the higher tier. At this point the term plebeian in relation to these rich peoples became redundant. The urban poor plebeians were labourers, workshop workers, market vendors and pedlars. The rural poor plebeians were middling and small peasants.
