WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Why were plebeians unhappy when the Roman Republic was first set up? They had no say in making the laws. Why did the Plebeians want laws to be written down? so the patricians could not change laws whenever they wished.

Detailed explanation-2: -Law in the Roman Republic About 60 years after the founding of the Roman Republic, discontented plebeians demanded a written code of laws and legal rights. The plebeians complained that because the laws were not in writing, government authorities and creditors could easily abuse the people.

Detailed explanation-3: -The common people, or plebeians, had many complaints. They had little voice in the government, were treated unfairly under the law. Punishments were often severe. They had to pay high interests rates on loans, and could not marry patricians.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over the next 200 years, the plebeians staged a series of protests to gradually win political equality. First, they demanded that the laws be written down. In that way, the patricians couldn’t change them at will. Around the year 451 B.C.E., the patricians agreed.

Detailed explanation-5: -until 494 B.C.E., when a strike orchestrated by the plebeians resulted in the establishment of the Concilium Plebis, or the Councilof the Plebs. This gave the plebeians a voice in the government. As a result, new legislative, or law-making, bodies of the Roman Republic were formed.