Establishment of the Canuleian Law
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Class Conflict, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: 445
Article abstract: The Canuleian Law continued a process of Roman political reform by making it possible for the plebeian class to attain patrician status.
Summary of Event
During the last decade of the sixth century b.c.e., the political community already established in Rome took its first steps toward the Republican constitution of the first century b.c.e. The traditional system of kingship was overthrown and replaced by two magistrates equipped with broad executive powers who were elected annually. Legislative initiative and political power were vested...
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