CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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the tribunes job was to protect the ____ and ____ of the common people
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rights
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economic wealth
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interest
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political position
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They could summon the Senate, propose legislation and intervene on the behalf of plebeians in legal matters. Most important of all was the power to veto the actions of the Consuls and other magistrates, to protect the interests of the plebeians. An assault on any plebian tribune was against the law.
Detailed explanation-2: -The name given among the Romans to the official representatives granted to the plebeians in 494 B.C., as a protection against the oppression of patricians and the consuls. At first they were two in number, then five, and (after 457) ten.
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