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494 BCE
Soldiers refuse to fight and secede to the sacred mountain, thus creating the Plebeian council and tribunes (Start of Conflict of Orders)
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471 BCE
Lex Pubilia is passed, freeing the tribune election from patrician influences.
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449 BCE
Modification to the Valerian law. Allows Plebeian Council to have the full force of law over both plebeians and patricians.
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448 BCE
Only 5 out of the normal 10 tribunes elected
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447 BCE
Equators are elected by a tribal assembly lead by a magistrate
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445 BCE
Plebeians want to run for consul, but are rejected
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400 BCE
Wars are fought against the Aequi, Volsci, and Latins. Leads to Lex Licinia Sextia
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367 BCE
Passing of Lex Licinia Sextia, which required the election of at least one plebeian consul each year.
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Period: 367 BCE to 287 BCE
Series of Laws were passed to grant plebs political equality with the patricians.
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337 BCE
First plebeian praetor is elected ( Q. Pubilus Philo)
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287 BCE
Passage of Hortensian Law (End of Conflict of Orders)
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