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494 BCE
First Succession of the Plebians
First succession of the plebs.
The plebeian people were tired of the distribution of power and established their own assembly and elected their own magistrates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_secessio_plebis -
471 BCE
Lex publica passed
The first major transfer in power between the patricians and the plebs, allowed the plebs to have much more influence on laws -
450 BCE
12 tables
12 Tables
Plebs were angry that there were no set laws, so they asked for written laws and the consuls gave them the first codification of roman law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tables -
449 BCE
Second Secession of the plebs
The plebs were angry at the Decemviri and wanted their tribunes back, they seceded and got them shortly after -
445 BCE
Intermarriage of patricians and plebs
Patricians and the plebeians were permitted intermarriage.
Plebeians and Patricians did not like that they couldn't be n legal relationships, so a law was passed saying that they could get married https://blocked.goguardian.com/?ctx=YWZpPTE0MDU5NDAmYXBpPTg1NTE5Jm9pPTI4NDE5NzMyMzQwJm91PWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LnF1b3JhLmNvbSUyRkNhbi1wYXRyaWNpYW5zLW1hcnJ5LXBsZWJlaWFucyZycz1BRE1JTl9TSVRFX0NBVEVHT1JZX0ZJTFRFUiZzY2k9ODgmc3Q9Y2hyb21pdW0tbSZ2PTE%3D&sum=50ec0f51 -
367 BCE
Plebeians became eligible for consulship
Plebeians became eligible for consulship
Plebs were angry that they didn't have a direct voice in politics so they asked for consulship https://brewminate.com/plebeian-victory-for-rule-of-law-in-ancient-rome-494-449-bce/ -
342 BCE
Law passed for 2 mandatory Plebeian consuls
Law passed making 2 mandatory plebeian consuls
not enough plebs were being taken as consul so they thought that they should have two given spots as consul. https://www.worldhistory.org/Plebeians/ -
339 BCE
2 sensors are plebs
Still angry with the power distribution, a law was passed making it mandatory for 2 censors to be plebian -
300 BCE
Half of the priesthoods must be plebain
Still feeliing underrepresented, the plebs asked that half of the priesthoods must be plebian, this law was passed 300BC -
287 BCE
Third Secession of the plebs
Third Secession, which won the concession that all plebiscites, measures passed in the Concilium Plebis, had the force of laws for the whole Roman state