Rise of the Roman Republic. By: Henry Hiller

616 B.C.E

616 BCE

In 616 B.C.E the Etruscans had all the power and ruled in Rome. Also, at this time Rome was divided into 2 classes. A upper class called patricians, and a lower class called the plebeians.

509 B.C.E

509 BCE

A number of important events took place at the end of the Roman Kingdom and beginning of the Roman Republic. In 509 BC, King Lucius Tarquinius Brutus was overthrown by the noble men of Rome.

494 B.C.E

494 BCE

The first secessio plebis of 494 B.C. was an event in ancient Roman political and social history between 495 and 493 BC, involving a dispute between the patrician ruling class and the plebeian underclass, and was one of a number of secessions by the plebs and part of a broader political conflict known as the conflict

451 B.C.E

451 BCE

494 BC The Senate allows the plebeians to form an assembly and elect tribunes. 451 BC The Twelve Tables are created by a group of ten officials. They are Rome's first code of laws, allowing both patricians and plebeians protection under an unchanging set of laws.

367 B.C.E

367 BCE

According to legend, Rome was founded by Romulus. In 387 BCE Ancient Rome is sacked and looted by the Gauls, a neighboring empire. In 367 BCE plebeians, the lower class, gained the right to be consuls, the two chief magistrates.

287 B.C.E

287 BCE

Conflict of the Orders. The Conflict of the Orders, also referred to as the Struggle of the Orders, was a political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) of the ancient Roman Republic lasting from 500 BC to 287 BC, in which the Plebeians sought political equality with the Patricians.