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At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

At the founding of the city of Rome, the patricians were the wealthy and the plebeians were the poor. Over the years the plebeians gained their rights and accumulated wealth and political power. From about the mid republic, the only difference between the two groups was the class in which they were born.

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What changes were made in romes government as a result of demands by the plebeians?

The main changes were around the plebeian tribunes and the plebeian council which were formed by the plebeian movement in its first rebellion (the 1st plebeian secession). The council and the tribunes were recognised, but the laws voted by the plebeian council were not recognised as laws binding on all citizens, including the patricians. Eventually they were recognised as binding on all, and the plebeian tribunes became the main proposers of laws and the plebeian council the main deliberative body. The leaders of the plebeian movement gained access to all offices of state, the senate and the priesthoods. These leaders were rich plebeians who were co-opted into what became a patrician-plebeian oligarchy with the help of liberal patricians who supported this development. The rich plebeians then turned the backs on the poor plebeians who had been the driving force of the plebeian movement. The economic grievances of the poor plebeians were not addressed properly.


What was the two main groups of roman citizans called?

The Romans had three social groups (not two), which they called orders. The patricians were the aristocracy and were owners of large landed estates. Originally the plebeians were the commoners, that is, anyone who was not a patrician. In the early Republic another group developed, which became the second order: the equites (equestrians). They were entrepreneurial group: bankers, money lenders, merchants and investors in shipping and mining. They were given the status of equite, which was a sort of lower tier of the aristocracy. They plebeians became the third order and comprised middling people, such as well-to-do entrepreneurs and bureaucrats, and the masses of the poor. Some Roman clans had patrician and plebeian families. Often the members of these plebeian beaches were equites, rather than ordinary plebeians.


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Why did they force the patricians to give plebeians the rights they demanded?

The plebeians had an organised movement. Plebeian agitations were a constant feature in the Early Republic. The plebeian movement originally created a state within the state. They seceded in 494 BC. They left Rome en masse and threatened to establish a new city to the northwest of Rome. They did so out of disaffection with the patrician-controlled Roman state which had failed to respond to their demands for protection against the abuse of defaulting debtors by creditors who imprisoned them, tortured them and sometimes even sold them as slaves. The secession also gave more effectiveness to the plebeian's main weapon in the early days: the refusal to join the army. This was a serious matter because at that time Rome was under constant attack by three of its neighbouring peoples. The plebeians created their leaders, the plebeian tribunes, and assembly, the plebeian council. When they returned to Rome, they turned the Aventine Hill into a something like a separate state. Here they made their own decisions independently from the consuls and senate. In the early days direct action was what gave the plebeians bargaining power. Over time, more and more concessions were made. It has to be noted that there were differences in the interests of the rich plebeians who led the plebeian movement and the poor plebeians. The rich plebeians wanted access to the offices of state which were the preserve of the patricians. The poor plebeians had economic grievances. The rich plebeian leaders won their struggle with the help of liberal patricians who supported reform. The rich plebeians were co-opted into the establishment. This led to the creation of a patrician-plebeian oligarchy. At this point the rich plebeians turned their backs on the poor plebeians. The economic grievances of the poor plebeians were not addressed properly.

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What changes were made in romes government as a result of demands by the plebeians?

The main changes were around the plebeian tribunes and the plebeian council which were formed by the plebeian movement in its first rebellion (the 1st plebeian secession). The council and the tribunes were recognised, but the laws voted by the plebeian council were not recognised as laws binding on all citizens, including the patricians. Eventually they were recognised as binding on all, and the plebeian tribunes became the main proposers of laws and the plebeian council the main deliberative body. The leaders of the plebeian movement gained access to all offices of state, the senate and the priesthoods. These leaders were rich plebeians who were co-opted into what became a patrician-plebeian oligarchy with the help of liberal patricians who supported this development. The rich plebeians then turned the backs on the poor plebeians who had been the driving force of the plebeian movement. The economic grievances of the poor plebeians were not addressed properly.


What changes were made in Romes government as results of demands by the plebeians?

The main changes were around the plebeian tribunes and the plebeian council which were formed by the plebeian movement in its first rebellion (the 1st plebeian secession). The council and the tribunes were recognised, but the laws voted by the plebeian council were not recognised as laws binding on all citizens, including the patricians. Eventually they were recognised as binding on all, and the plebeian tribunes became the main proposers of laws and the plebeian council the main deliberative body. The leaders of the plebeian movement gained access to all offices of state, the senate and the priesthoods. These leaders were rich plebeians who were co-opted into what became a patrician-plebeian oligarchy with the help of liberal patricians who supported this development. The rich plebeians then turned the backs on the poor plebeians who had been the driving force of the plebeian movement. The economic grievances of the poor plebeians were not addressed properly.


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How did plebeian representation change in the government?

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Through the struggles of the plebeian (commoners) movement. This movement started as a rebellion (the 1st plebeian secession) against the state which had failed to try to compromise on their grievances. They created their own assembly (the plebeian council) and leaders, the plebeian tribunes. They took over the Aventine Hill which was turned into a something like a breakaway state. The plebeian tribunes were protected from attacks by making them inviolable. This was like a lynch law in which the plebeians would exert revenge on who attacked them. The plebeians were the driving force behind Rome's first law code, The Law of the Twelve Tables which established the beginning of Roman civil law and, most importantly, procedures for the trial of defaulting debtors which gave them protection. The abuse of defaulting debtors, who were imprisoned and tortured by creditors, was the initial major grievance of the plebeians. The the laws put to the vote of the plebeian council (plebiscites) were not initially recognised as laws binding on all citizens (that is, including the patricians, the aristocracy). Later they were recognised as binding on all. The plebeian tribunes became the main proposers of laws and the plebeian council the main voting body for approving laws. Over time the plebeians gained access to all the offices of state (previously they were open only to patricians). At one point it was also decided that one consul (annually elected leaders of the city) would be a patrician and the other a plebeian. Previously all consuls were patricians. Through this the plebeians also gained access to the senate (previously this was exclusively patrician) as ex officers of state could sit in the senate.


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