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DateDate Change in Change in constitutionconstitution
Key termsKey terms
494494 Creation of plebeian Creation of plebeian tribunestribunes
secessiosecessio; ; tribuni plebistribuni plebis
471471 Creation of plebeian Creation of plebeian assemblyassembly
concilium plebisconcilium plebis; ; plebiscitaplebiscita
451-50451-50 Codification of law (12 Codification of law (12 Tables)Tables)
decemviridecemviri
449449 Plebeian tribunes Plebeian tribunes become inviolablebecome inviolable
Lex Valeria HoratiaLex Valeria Horatia; ; sacrosanctitassacrosanctitas
445445 Intermarriage legalizedIntermarriage legalized conubiumconubium; ; Lex Lex CanuleiaCanuleia
370s370s Anarchy: no magistrates Anarchy: no magistrates with consular imperiumwith consular imperium
367367 Plebeians eligible for Plebeians eligible for consulshipconsulship
Military tribunes with Military tribunes with consular power abolishedconsular power abolished
Lex Licinia SextiaLex Licinia Sextia
by 342by 342 One consul must be One consul must be plebeianplebeian
ca. 330ca. 330 Plebeians eligible for all officesPlebeians eligible for all offices
Senate now a body of patricians Senate now a body of patricians andand plebeians plebeians
326326 Debt-slavery abolishedDebt-slavery abolished nexumnexum
312312 Censor Appius ClaudiusCensor Appius Claudius fails to open Senate to fails to open Senate to proletariiproletarii builds Rome’s first road (to Campania): builds Rome’s first road (to Campania): Via Via AppiaAppia builds Rome’s first aqueduct: builds Rome’s first aqueduct: Aqua AppiaAqua Appia
300300 Plebeians eligible for Plebeians eligible for all priesthoodsall priesthoods
Lex OgulniaLex Ogulnia
Right of appeal Right of appeal ((provocatioprovocatio) of capital ) of capital punishment verdictspunishment verdicts
Lex ValeriaLex Valeria
287287 Last Last secessiosecessio: Quintus Hortensius : Quintus Hortensius dictatordictator
PlebiscitaPlebiscita binding on all binding on all
What did all of this mean for the magistrates?
What did all of this mean for the assemblies?
What did all of this mean for Rome?
Impact on assemblies & magistrates
Plebeian assembly elects plebeian tribunes and aediles & becomes the venue for prosecution of magistrates by a plebeian tribune
Centuriate assembly elects consuls, praetors, censors; becomes main legislative body
Curiate assembly loses all power and rubber stamps conferral of imperium on consuls and praetors
Tribal assembly elects curule aediles and quaestors
Plebeian tribunes can veto any decision taken by the Senate
Impact on Rome:after 200+ years of agitation …
plebeians gain full representation in state affairs
plebeians gain full access to magistracies and organs of power
distinctions between plebeians and patricians disappear
new oligarchy formed: the well-to-do and not the well-born
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