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Period: 616 BCE to 509 BCE
Patricians and Plebeians under Etruscan Rule
In 616 and 509 BCE, the Etruscans ruled Rome. During this time, Roman society was divided into 2 parts: the Plebeians and the Patricians -
509 BCE
The Particians Create a Republic
In 509 BCE, a group of patricians rebeled and drove out the last Etruscan king. Instead of having a king, they decided to create a repulic -
494 BCE
The Pleabians Rebel
The struggle took a dramatic turn in 494 BCE. Rome
was a city of between 25,000 and 40,000 people. Most of the
population were plebeians. -
451 BCE
The Plebians gain Political Equality
Over the next 200 years, the plebeians used a series of protests to get political equality.First, they demanded that the
laws be written down. That way, the
patricians couldn't change them. Around 451 B.C.E., the patri-
cians agreed. The laws were writtendown on tablets called the Twelve Tables. -
287 BCE
The Plevians gain Political Equality
In 287 B.C.E., the plebeians gained the right to pass laws for all Roman citizens. Now the assemblies of all Roman citizens could
approve or reject the laws.