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33.2 Patricians and Plebeians Under Etruscan Rule

2. Patricians were upper class citizens of Rome They had the power to advise the Etruscan King 3. Plebeians were the lower class poor citizens of Rome They had little say in government33.3 The Patricians Create a Republic 2. Only the Patricians could participate in government 3. Power was in the hands of the Senate and only Patricians

could elect or be a Senator or a Consul

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33.4 The Plebeians Rebel 2. Patricians had all the power When the Plebeians marched out of the city Rome was in crisis Work on farms and in the city stopped The army would be helpless if attacked33.5 The Plebeians Gain Political Equity 2. The Plebeians had won political equality because they’d won

certain rights Right to elect tribunes to represent them Could veto actions by the Senate Elected the Council of Plebs to represent them Twelve Tables were written One Consul could be a Plebeian The Plebeian Assembly could pass laws for all Romans