Plebs (Middle and Late Republic)

Alexander Yakobson

doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30222

Plebs (Middle and Late Republic)

Alexander Yakobson

Department of History

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Abstract Having gained important political rights in the Early Republican “Struggle of the Orders,” the Roman plebs exercised them through its voting power in the popular assemblies, and through the office of the tribune of the plebs. The Middle Republic was a period of relative stability, with the common people generally content to accept the Senate's leadership. The Late Republic was a period of social and political upheaval, increasingly violent, when the plebs repeatedly supported “popular” politicians who challenged the Senate, ending in civil war and in the collapse of the Republic.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Ancient History
Editors	R.S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C.B. Champion, A. Erskine , S.R. Huebner
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9781444338386
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30222
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

agrarian laws
corn laws
plebs
popular assemblies
rural plebs
tribunes of the plebs
urban plebs

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