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33.5 The Plebeians Gain Political Equality
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Facts:

• Tribunes spoke for Plebeians

• Number or tribunes grew from 2 to 10

• Demanded to write down laws

• Patricians agreed to that in about 451B.C.E.

• Wrote laws down on tablets called the Twelve Tablets

• New law said, one of the 2 Roman consults had to be a Plebeian

• The Plebeians gained the right to pass laws for all Roman citizens in 287B.C.E.

Alyssa and Karlie at Spartanburg Day School




 * Vocabulary Words:**

Veto: to refuse to approve proposals of the government made by the Senate

Tribune: an official of the Roman Republic elected by plebeians to protect their rights


 * Facts**


 * Plebeians' revolt led to major change in the Roman government. They later gained the power to veto the tribunes spoke for the Plebeians


 * The Plebeians could also elect a lawmaking body. The Council of Plebs only made laws for Plebeians not the Patricians.


 * The Plebeians gain some important right but the patricians still had more power than the Plebeians. The next 200 years, the plebeians had protests that eventually led to political equality.


 * First, they demanded that the laws be written down so Patricians couldn't change them without them knowing, the Patricians agreed and the laws were written down on the Twelve Tables


 * Next in 367 B.C.E. a new law said that one of the two consuls had to be a Plebeian


 * Finally, in 287 B.C.E., the plebeians gained the right pass laws for all Romans

Reed and Sam

Created by: 5th class students of the Spartanburg Day school in 2008