Why were the plebeian unhappy when the republic was first set up?

Answer 1

In the early days of the Roman Republic the patricians (the aristocracy) monopolised political power by monopolising the seats of the senate, the consulship (the office of the two annually elected heads of the Republic) and the priesthoods. As a result of the 200-year conflict of the Orders between patricians and plebeians (the commoners), the rich plebeians obtained power-sharing and gained access to the consulship and the senate. They also gained access to the offices of state which were created as the Republic developed (the censorship and the praetorship) and to some of the priesthoods.

The grievances of the poor plebeians were different from those of the rich ones. They were economic. They were (originally) the abuse of defaulting debtors by (rich) creditors, indebtedness and the interest rates of loans; and the shortage of land for peasant farmers. Traditionally, farmers were given plots of land which were just about enough for feeding their families. The rest of the land was public land which could be utilised for common use. However, the rich landlords expanded their estates at the expense of the public land. Therefore, the amount of land available to poor farmers became insufficient and there were demands for redistributing land to the poor.

Answer 2

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

Answer 3

The plebeians were the commoners, that is all those who were not aristocrats. They included both rich and poor people. The reasons for discontent among rich and poor plebeians were different. For the rich ones it was their political exclusion by the patrician aristocracy. For the poor ones it was economic grievances.

At the beginning of the Republic the patricians monopolised political power and the offices of state. The rich plebeians were unhappy with this. This does not mean that they lacked rights. They enjoyed all the rights conferred by Roman citizenship including the right to vote. They did not lack opportunities for economic advancement either, as they their being rich shows. It was a question of access to the offices of state and political power- sharing with the patricians.

These were the concerns those of the rich plebeians. The concerns of the poor plebeians were different. The plebeian movement started as a rebellion by the poor when the patrician-controlled state refused to provide debt defaulters legal protection from abuse by creditors who could imprison them, torture them and sell them as slaves. The grievances of the poor were economic, particularly debt bondage (rich people could secure the labour of the poor by tying them to themselves through locking them into perpetual indebtedness) and lack of land for poor peasants whose plots were hardly enough to make a living.

The rich plebeian became the leaders of the movement and used the discontent of the poor to press of power-sharing which they obtained, still during the early republic, and then they turned their backs on the poor.

Answer 4

In the early days of the Roman Republic the patricians (the aristocracy) monopolised political power by monopolising the seats of the senate, the consulship (the office of the two annually elected heads of the Republic) and the priesthoods. As a result of the 200-year conflict of the Orders between patricians and plebeians (the commoners), the rich plebeians obtained power-sharing and gained access to the consulship and the senate. They also gained access to the offices of state which were created as the Republic developed (the censorship and the praetorship) and to some of the priesthoods.

The grievances of the poor plebeians were different from those of the rich ones. They were economic. They were (originally) the abuse of defaulting debtors by (rich) creditors, indebtedness and the interest rates of loans; and the shortage of land for peasant farmers. Traditionally, farmers were given plots of land which were just about enough for feeding their families. The rest of the land was public land which could be utilised for common use. However, the rich landlords expanded their estates at the expense of the public land. Therefore, the amount of land available to poor farmers became insufficient and there were demands for redistributing land to the poor.

Answer 5

After the kings were booted out, the upper-class Particians assumed power by forming the Senate to replace the king, creating an oligarchy (= rule of the few). The Plebs didn't want to exchange one lot of autocratic rulers for another, and put pressure on the patricians to share power, gaining one of the two annual Consul positions. As the retiring consuls entered the Senate, this annual inflow gave the plebs an increasing share in the Senate. But to get this, they walked away from the city, leaving it to the Patricians, who had to cave in as the army was manned by the Plebs, and Rome was defenceless in an area of hostile neighbours.

Answer 6

The plebeians were dissatisfied with the early republic because they had few rights and no political power. Yet they were expected to join the army and fight for Rome, which seemed to them as if they were fighting to preserve the wealth of the patricians.

Answer 7

they could not own property or engage in business.

Answer 8

They could not vote or hold government office.

Answer 9

yes!!

Answer 10

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