What Are The Patricians Dehumanize The Plebeians

In ancient Rome, there were two classes the Patricians who were the descendants of the senators appointed by King Romulus, and the Plebeians or plebs who were the free and lower class people. There was a growing tension between the two classes right from the foundation of Rome. The tension escaladed following the fall of Etruscan king and the declaration of Rome as a republic; the rise of aristocrats? leadership.

This new republic was plagued by tension arising from the class differences of the patricians and plebeians. The Gracchi brothers attempted to equalize things, Gaius Gracchus proposed a redistribution of farm land that would benefit the plebeians. The end result was rather unfortunate as he was killed; his other brother was also killed ten years later for similar reasons.

Patricians hold all the offices in ancient Rome and plebeians who outnumbered them were mostly farmers, craftsmen and soldiers. Therefore one can understand that practically while plebeians had no rights or knowledge, they were in an advantageous position as patricians couldn’t defend the city or do any kind of job without their help. Plebeians couldn’t tolerate the increasing debt and the abuse of patricians and demanded equality, by blackmailing the patricians

Plebeians pressured the patricians to make political concessions, one result being the publication of laws which served as a check on decisions by judicial officers. New officials and tribunes were created and were drawn from non-elite classes. They could veto or block actions the Assembly or officials that threatened lower order interests.

Chapter three labeled "Empire Urban life and imperial Majesty in Rome,China,and India. In Republican Rome a man named Romulus inaugurated traditional distinction between the patricians and the plebian. The patricians were the where the land owners who were also aristocrats that served as priests, magistrates, lawyers and/or judges. The plebian were the lower classed poor people who consisted of craftsmen, merchants and laborers. In 510 BCE the roman people expelled the last Etruscan kings and decided to rule themselves with without the need for a monarchy.

Those articles of the law did not apply to him. We had even lost the yardstick with which to gauge.” Likewise, a Patrician could stack, or even invent, any number of laws against a Plebeian who did not even possess a right of appeal; therefore, the later, was totally at the mercy of the ruling class.

The palebians made up the majority of the population. But they were not allowed to have any say in political issues. The palebians were the poor, lower class citizens who couldn't become priests or be a part of the senate. They were the peasants, craftsmen, farmers, and shopkeepers. On the other hand, the patricians were the ones who were wealthy (the upper class) and the only ones that could have power in religious offices, in the senate, and could control over the military. Unllike the Palebians, the patricians were the smaller part of the population that had all the power. But just because the Patricians had all the control over Rome, this did not mean that the Palebians weren't important or "necessary"

Roman society was split into two social classes: the patricians and plebeians. The patricians were high class citizens who had many privileges and were capable of holding office, unlike the plebeians, who couldn’t hold office, had little voice in the government, and were only able to fill the lower ranks of the Roman army. In 493 BC, the plebeians refused to serve in the army any longer, and as a result an official plebeian assembly and political office were made: the concilium plebis and tribune. The tribune was elected by the plebeian assembly to represent the plebs; they had the power to block any action by the Senate, patrician assembly, and the consuls that would detriment the plebeians.

According to Morey (1901) The Roman Republic were comprised of The Patrician and Plebeian Classes. However, in no shape or form did these two classes have the same rights. Perhaps more succinctly put, the Plebeians did not enjoy the same rights from an economic and political standpoint as did the Patricians of Roman Society. This paper serves to discuss these and other conditions which ultimately led to the Plebeian revolt of Ancient Rome.

In the second century B.C., The Roman republican state was separated into two different social classes: the patricians and the plebeians. The patricians were the wealthier citizens who had all the political power in the Roman state while the plebeians were less wealthy citizens who barely had any standing in government. The plebeians, in particular, lacked many of the rights and protections enjoyed by the patricians under Roman law, and their lives were often harsh and unhappy. At the time, slaves were a common element in the Roman financial society; even smaller farmers tended to own at least two. The would-be social reformers, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, sought to better the condition of the plebeians in Roman society and elevate

The first succession of the plebeians took place in 494BCE. The proximate cause was the law of debt. Finding themselves trapped in debt bondage without recourse, the plebeians decided to quit the city of Rome, and move elsewhere to form a new society. To quell the rebellion, the patricians agreed to cancel the debts, and establish plebeian tribunes. Initially, there were 2 tribunes, but their number eventually grew to 10. The tribunes must come from the plebeians. Most powerfully, the tribunes were given veto power over the acts of the Roman government.

The plebeians were important to Rome because they were the working class and majority of the military Rome had. In 494 BCE the plebeians decided to walk out of Rome. The Patrician class knew it would be the fall of Rome without them. The plebeians were the working class of Rome; they were not all poor but not of the aristocratic patrician class. Without them there would be no defense of Rome. By making accessions to the plebeians the patricians saved Rome from almost certain death. Allowing the plebeians to have more of a role in the government and protections from unfair deals and laws proved that they were needed.

The Roman aristocracy was known as patricians, these was the affluent portion of the population, which controlled everything in the Roman state, including economy, government, law, the election of new rulers as well as these ones’ successors. The Roman poorest was known as plebeians, these class was forced to respond and support the call to arms when military conflict knocked on the doors of Rome. Plebeians were the portion of the population that was responsible for obeying the Patricians’ mandates, as well as constantly enduring the worst kinds of abuses by their rich citizen opposing counterparts.

Any other citizens were plebians. The plebeians were farmers, craftsmen, laborers, and soldiers. Rome did not protect everyone’s rights. If they did they would have been a better

When the struggle was over, power fell into the hands of the patricians marking the beginning of another struggle- this time between the ruling class (patricians) and plebeians. The plebeians were relegated to lesser class politically, Morey, (n.d.). They could participate in the “democratic process” by voting in the comitia centuriata. However, they were not allowed to hold any of the new offices neither could they sit in the senate, Morey, (n.d.). When they drove the kings out, Rome became a republic but one which was more of aristocratic than democratic, Morey, (n.d.). This means that the political power among others was concentrated in the hands of a particular class (few) instead of the whole people, Morey, (n.d.). This brewed discontent, political discomfort, and discord among the plebeians. The plebeians would have easily (perhaps) submitted to the patrician government if only the patricians would have exercised caution