It was a process, rather than an event. It was the result of a struggle between patricians and plebeians which lasted 200 years. It has been termed the Conflict of the Orders. The patrician aristocracy had monopolised power through what has been called the closing of the patriciate: it closed its ranks and excluded other elites. The conflict started with a rebellion by the poor plebeians when the patrician-controlled state refused to meet their demand to address the abuse of debt defaulters by creditors. The poor formed the plebeian movement to fight for the economic grievances of the poor. The rich plebeians, who were educated, became the leaders of the movement and used it to gain access to power. Eventually, despite bitter patrician resistance, they succeeded through many agitations and gained access to the offices of state, the senate and some priesthoods.
The rich plebeians were co-opted into a patrician-plebeian oligarchy and shared power. The patrician-plebeian distinction with respect to rich plebeians, become politically irrelevant. However, a distinction of rank was maintained. The rich plebeians were given equite (cavalryman status) which was the lower order of the aristocracy. The patricians remained the higher order.
It is important to be aware that this process involved only the rich plebeians. The poor plebeians just remained poor and their economic grievances were not addressed properly. When the rich plebeians obtained power-sharing and noble status, they turned their back on the poor. Later on, in the Late Republic, the economic plight of the poor (which was becoming worse) re-emerged as a political hot potato and the plebeian movement (that is, the movement of the poor plebeians) became militant again.
It was a political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) in the Roman Republic 494 to 287 BCE, with the Plebeians pursuing political equality with the Patricians.
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because the patricians ruled over the plebeians and they made unfair laws and the plebeians had to work with no pay and no breaks.
In the Early Roman Republic the plebeians were the commoners; that is, all non-patricians. The patricians were the aristocracy.
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It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.It depends on what time you mean. In the beginning the nobility were the patricians, but by the mid republic the plebeians also were considered the nobility. This was because both the patricians and the plebeians were descendants of the original founders of the city, whereas the immigrants to the city were not.
In the early days, the upper class people were called the patricians. However when the plebeians gained their upward mobility they also became upper class. So in the later republic both patricians and plebeians were referred to as the aristocrats or the nobility.
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The patricians were heads of aristocratic families and the plebians were the common people.
The patricians were heads of aristocratic families and the plebians were the common people.
Plebians and Patricians are similar because they were both Latin and worked with at least one type of republic;Plebeians worked with Assembly and Patricians worked with Senate