Social Sciences and History / Unit 3 SSH 0220 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Conflict of the Orders
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The idea
From about five hundred to three sixty BCE, plebeians fought for representation against patricians who could enslave debtors. In four ninety-four they threatened to leave Rome and won tribunes with a veto.
In practice
A Plebeian Council, intermarriage allowed, debt slavery banned, one plebeian consul.
Where people slip
By two eighty-seven the Plebeian Assembly's votes carried the force of law. The anchor compares the struggle to Athens's.
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