WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tribunes were elected yearly, and represented the concerns of the plebeians. In 451 BC, the plebeians pressured the senate to write down the laws of Rome, the result was the Twelve Tables, twelve stone tablets with written laws that were posted in the forum, or marketplace of Rome for all to see.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Patricians allowed the Plebeians to have their own body of representatives called the Council of Plebs. This council elected officials called tribunes who voiced Plebeian concerns to the government. Tribunes could also veto government decisions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Plebeian Council elected two plebeian officers, the tribunes and the aediles, and thus Roman law classified these two officers as the elected representatives of the plebeians.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two new officials known as the tribunes of the plebs were instituted. These tribunes were given the power to protect the plebeians against arrest by patrician magistrates.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Tribune of the Plebs was a powerful position as it gave the plebeians a voice in government for the first time. In order to become a tribune, a plebeian had to be elected by the Plebeian Council. Once in the role, the tribune had a special political power called the ‘veto’.

Detailed explanation-6: -The Plebeian Council (concilium plebis) is the principal popular assembly of the Roman Republic. As the name suggests, the Plebeian Council was organized as a Council, and not as an Assembly. It functions as a gathering through which the Plebeians (commoners) can pass laws, elect magistrates, and try judicial cases.