Institution of the Plebeian Tribunate
At a glance:
- 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, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions, Class Conflict, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: 494/493
Article abstract: The institution of the plebeian tribunate by the Roman senate recognized the rights of the lower orders of Roman society.
Summary of Event
Because of the lack of contemporary sources and because evidence was at times deliberately suppressed and falsified for purposes of family aggrandizement or moral and artistic edification, much early Roman history lies shrouded in obscurity and myth. Despite conflicting details, however, there seems to be a core of fact relating to the institution of the plebeian tribunate as described by the...
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