HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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They fought in the army and paid taxes
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They fought in the army and built temples
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They worshipped the gods and paid taxes
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They fought in the army and worked at the Forum
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plebeians made up the majority of Roman society and they were generally poor. While some plebeians were more wealthy than others, they still did not have any power in government because they were not members of the patrician class. Patricians were the upper class of Roman society who controlled the government.
Detailed explanation-2: -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. Before the Twelve Tables, the patricians could change the laws at any time to their benefit.
Detailed explanation-3: -Unable to earn a sufficient income, many turned to the patricians for aid, which left them open to abuse and even enslavement. As the patricians controlled Roman politics, the plebeians found no help from within the existing political system. Their solution was to go on strike.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rome’s working class, the plebeians had little individual power. Grouped together, however, they became a Roman mob and had to be handled carefully. By the first century AD, plebeians comprised a formal class, which held its own meetings, elected its own officials and kept its own records.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Plebeians Gain Political Equality Laws were written down, so the patricians couldn’t change them at will. The laws were published on tablets called the Twelve Tables. Eventually, the patricians were forced to share power with the plebeians.