Plebeians Revolt

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Introduction The difference between the two main groups of Roman people following the last king in ancient Rome leading up to the Plebeians revolt. The result of the rebellion and the effect on the Plebeians life. Body The seventh king of Rome Lucius Tarquinius Superbus or Tarquin, the Proud, was expelled from his position (B.C. 510) due to all the wrongdoing him and his family members committed. After the removal of the seventh king Tarquinius, he tried to restore his lost kingdom by asking help from the neighbors, used dirty tricks and violence, but all his efforts were unsuccessful to get the throne back. The people were fed up with him and his family misbehavior. Additionally, two patriots Brutus and Collatinus who was heavily involved in preventing him from getting his power back. Morey (1901). The population of Rome at the time mostly made up of the plebeians and a small percentage belonged to the ruling class called patricians. The plebeians composed of mostly farmers, soldiers, craftsmen, builders, bakers, average working people and other poor ordinary folks. Conversely, the patricians were the wealthiest citizens of Rome mostly aristocrats and politicians. This class system based on birth rights. The patricians were born into noble Families contrary to the plebeians who was born into the families of the working class or the poor. …show more content…

The uprising unfolded when the plebeians united and refused to fight in 494 BC. They sent their proposition to the patricians which included to form an independent city, forgive their debt and release the ones who were in prison because they could not pay their debt. The patricians understood the magnitude of the problem and the possibility of the destruction of Rome without the Plebeians, so they have agreed to the Tribunes of the People. Additionally, to appoint two tribunes from the Plebeians and give further power to the Plebeian Assembly. Morey

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