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The twelfth law of the law of the Twelve Tables of 449 BC forbade this kind of intermarriage. However, this caused an outcry and soon after, in 445 BC, the Lex Canuleia allowed this intermarriage again. It is not clear why this prohibition was introduced because the second decemvirate (committee of ten men) which issued the eleventh and twelfth tables, was said to have had plebeian members. That at least some patricians might have desired to form a closed shop in the face of the rise of the political aspirations of the plebeian rich, who led the plebeian movement and wanted the Roman state to be reformed, could be understandable. The reforms were seen as a threat patrician privilege. However: 1) the endorsement of the prohibition by the plebeian decemviri seems a contradiction as it curtailed plebeian rights and has not been explained by ancient historians 2) it is not clear why this should have been legislated. Maybe conservative patricians were concerned about liberal patricians who were open to the inclusion of rich plebeians into the elite. Intermarriage could be a channel for this and may have been something that had to be stopped. Still, reconstructions can only be based on speculation and these events are unclear.
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Who were the patricians and who were the plebeians?
The patricians were the aristocracy and the plebeians were the commoners.
Who were the plebeians and who were the patricians?
The patricians were the aristocracy and the plebeians were the commoners.
Did the Plebians and Patricians have a war?
No the conflicts between patricians and plebeians did not lead to civil wars. The Conflict of the Orders between patricians and plebeians ended in the mid-3rd century BC. The Roman civil wars stared in the 1st century BC. The civil wars involved a conflict between the populares, a political faction which supported the cause of the poor, and the optimates, a conservative political faction which supported the interests of the aristocracy. They also involved personal rivalries.
What were the main differences between patricians and plebeians?
The patricians were the aristocrats and the plebeians were the commoners.
What are the two groups who struggled for power in the early republic?
Patricians and Plebeians
Who are the merchants the plebeians or the patricians?
the merchants are the plebeians
Why were plebeians against the patricians?
Patricians were frightened because without plebeians patricians would be helpless if an enemy struck at rome.
Why were the patricians frightened by actions of the plebeians?
Patricians were frightened because without plebeians patricians would be helpless if an enemy struck at rome.
The struggle between the patricians and the plebeians?
The war between the patricians and the plebeians was/is called "the Conflict of the Orders"
What was a pleabian?
The plebeians were the commoners. The patricians were the aristocracy.
Why were the plebeians afraid of the patricians?
The patricians were afraid because most of the population of Rome was plebeians and when the plebeians marched out of the city to camp at the end of the hill until the farms came to a halt. Without the plebeians, patricians feared that the army would be helpless if an enemy struck at Rome. The patricians had little choice but to compromise.
What were upper class Romans in the roman empire known as?
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