Most of Rome's common people faced poverty and harsh working conditions. Most were farmers who tilled the land.
In the early days, the tool used by the rich landowners to tie the labour of poor peasants to their estates was debt bondage/slavery. The latter worked for the former because he was locked into continually having to make repayments. Abuse of defaulting debtors by creditors who imprisoned them tortured them and sometimes sold them as slaves was a major grievance of the poor. When Rome expanded into Italy, the supply of slaves increased and slavery replaced debt bondage as the main source of labour.
Another problem in early Rome was the fact that poor peasants had plots of land which were too small to make a decent living because the rich landowners appropriated most of the land. This problem was relieved by the expansion of Rome into Italy as settlements where peasants were given plots of land were created around Italy. The problems reemerged as peasants lost their land due to war during Hannibal's invasion of Italy. They migrated to Rome and swelled the mass of urban unemployed.
The poor plebeians (commoners) created the plebeian movement which fought for reforms through direct action. Their main demands were protection for debt defaulters, reduction of loan interest rates and land redistribution. Rich plebeians were the leaders of the movement and used this to demand power sharing with the patrician aristocracy and were successful. Once they obtained this, they turned their backs on the poor.
Most of Rome's common people faced poverty and harsh working conditions. Most were farmers who tilled the land.
In the early days, the tool used by the rich landowners to tie the labour of poor peasants to their estates was debt bondage/slavery. The latter worked for the former because he was locked into continually having to make repayments. Abuse of defaulting debtors by creditors who imprisoned them tortured them and sometimes sold them as slaves was a major grievance of the poor. When Rome expanded into Italy, the supply of slaves increased and slavery replaced debt bondage as the main source of labour.
Another problem in early Rome was the fact that poor peasants had plots of land which were too small to make a decent living because the rich landowners appropriated most of the land. This problem was relieved by the expansion of Rome into Italy as settlements where peasants were given plots of land were created around Italy. The problems reemerged as peasants lost their land due to war during Hannibal's invasion of Italy. They migrated to Rome and swelled the mass of urban unemployed.
The poor plebeians (commoners) created the plebeian movement which fought for reforms through direct action. Their main demands were protection for debt defaulters, reduction of loan interest rates and land redistribution. Rich plebeians were the leaders of the movement and used this to demand power sharing with the patrician aristocracy and were successful. Once they obtained this, they turned their backs on the poor.
Rome fell because of political problems and disloyalty. XD ;)
Italy
Tribunes of the plebs (or plebeians tribunes) was the name of the men chosen to represent the common people. This title was used by the Romans in order to differentiate him from the military tribune. Originally there were two such tribunes. They were then increased to four and, later, to ten.
paricians and pleblians(:
a set of written laws
which of romes internal problems hurt the empire the most
Romes soilders became less loyal and disiplined
The role of the wealthies:)
Rome fell because of political problems and disloyalty. XD ;)
Palatine Hill
Palatine Hill
Foriegn groups were swarming all around rome's borders
1) The patricians monopolised political power. The rich plebeians wanted power-sharing and obtained it after a long struggle. 2) the patricians were large landowners and exploited peasants brutally. The patricians were the aristocracy and the plebeians were the commoners, both rich and poor.
people had the power to vote for leaders
Charles Romes's birth name is Charles Michael Romes.
the rich people
Charles Romes is 6' 1".