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Today I...(8:30pm)
All the guests have left. And I preparing for bed. It’s been an eventful day, especially with all of the plebs questioning our rule. Ughh what a pain in the butt. Anyways, hopefully everything will be resolved tomorrow, but for now, this is me signing off. Good Night Everyone!
Today (7:15pm)
As my dinner party was ending, one of my government co-workers informed me that the plebs agreed to rejoin the city, under one more condition. The plebs wants to create a consilium plebis, or people’s assembly, to represent the plebs. The people’s assembly would then elect ten tribunes and these tribunes would be tasked with protecting the interests of the plebs. At this point, we will just have to accept it...
Today I...(7pm)
We are having dinner now. I bought ostrich and flamingo for tonight’s party. I have one of the best harp players in Rome playing in between courses. After dinner, I have scheduled a literary performance for all my guests. We started with the appetizers of eggs, shellfish, and vegetables. Then the main course of ostrich and flamingo. Finishing the meal with a dessert of fruits and pastries.
Today I... (5:30pm)
We won! White team wins! Take that red team! During the race, the leading chariot broke and the rider fell off. He got trampled by a White team chariot, who ended up winning it for us! Now, I’m heading back home for a dinner party, the food will be fantastic.
Today I...(5pm)
One good thing about the plebs out of the city is that it is less crowded in the stadium. Normally, it is so crowded and obnoxious. Most of my friends like going is childish, but I still somehow find the excitement enjoyable and thrilling. When I’m asked about it I lie and say I hadn't attended, for all the other patricians would mock me for it, as the elite does. There were 12 chariots on the track today. I will deny it if anyone asks about it, but I am a White team fan.
Today I... (4:45pm)
I had one hour left before the chariot races began, so I decided to stay at the forum to try and resolve this issue. Last year, the plebs did the same thing asking that, “a law code be created and displayed for all to see because plebs were unhappy with the patrician stranglehold on legal authority.” At the time, everyone disagreed, but at this point, we don’t really have a choice anymore. So, in order to make the plebs come back into the city, we have created the “Twelve Tables” and displayed them in the forum for all to read. These law codes are basic rights for the conduct of citizens, for most issues are resolved within the family. We will see by tonight’s dinner how these laws work. For now, on to the chariot races…
Today I... (4pm)
When I got home I had took a nap and woke up remembering there had been a chariot race scheduled for today. On my way, I walked past the forum and decided to drop in once more for the day, as when I was there earlier this morning there seemed to be talk of the plebs rebelling against us. Tensions where running high in the forum this morning due to the plebs questioning our power lately. I asked someone if they had known anything about it and said that, instead of fighting, the plebs seceded from Rome. I then began to realize the lack of plebs in the city this morning. I hadn't thought anything of it because I normally don’t pay much attention to them anyways. I have one hour to kill and it looks like I’ll be spending it at the forum to figure out how to get the plebs back in the city because without them, and don’t tell them I said this but, we are useless. Who will bake the bread? Farm the land? Make clothing and weapons? And most of all, who will be in our military?! Certainly not us...
Today I... (3pm)
Just arrived back home. My three boys are in the common room with their tutor. I found the best tutor in all of Rome. They are being taught poetry and literature, history and geography, some mythology and Greek, all in preparation for their future in government. One day they will follow in my footsteps and work within the government next to the emperor.
Today I... (1pm)
After my bath I head to the forum to meet with my fellow businessmen and clients. When I arrived, they were pulling drafts for the military. Fortunately, as a patricians, I was excused from some military duties expected of other citizens, such as the plebs. Instead, I was included into the emperors affairs It reminds me of the time when one of my friends, Septimus, got involved within palace intrigue and ended up on the losing side. He lost his home and land. After that I have lost contact. I wonder what ever happened to him...
Today I... (12:10pm)
The women's time in the bath finally ended and I got to exercise and clean myself off. Inside the bath house there is a frigidarium, which is an area with chilled bathing water, and a calidarium, an area with warm bathing water. Then there is a tepidarium, or a large, heated hall. I first went into the frigidarium, then the calidarium, to relax my muscles from all that exercise I did. I ended my trip to the bath by walking through the tepidarium.
Today I... (12pm)
Just got to the local bath and have to wait for what seemed like an eternity for the women's time for bath to end. While waiting I met up with my friends, Atticus, Julius, and Maximus. Atticus and Julius share ancient ancestry from the Claudii clan, one of the original clans with Julii. Maximus was an advisor to Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. For the last year, there has been battles emerging between the plebs and rightful patricians for government and leadership rule. There is even some talk of a dreadful compromise to be established in which we let the plebs have a voice in government.
Today I... (10am)
Today I started my day with a delicious meal of fruits, cheese, and bread in my country villa and a morning prayer at my household shrine. Afterwards, I dressed in my tunic, accessorizing with my many rings on each hand, before I headed out to the city for a ritual bath with my friends. Catch up with you when I get there...
Who Am I?
My name is Augustus. I live within the Roman Empire during the 494 BCE. I have a wife and 3 children. I own a vineyard that stretches for acres, which is cared for by my many slaves. I come from a line of patricians, dating back to the Julii clan. I work within the government as my wife cares for the children. In this blog I will take you on the adventure of my luxurious and fabulous life of politics, religion, and leisure activities.
The Struggle of the Orders
If you were alive during the time of the early Roman Republic, you fell into one of two categories: patrician or plebeian. From the beginning, these two social classes were gridlocked over issues of power and civil rights: in the early republic the plebs were excluded from religious colleges, magistracies, and the senate. The patricians, a status only obtained by birth, were the dominate minority in terms of political and social power. According to Livy, they were comprised of the families of the first one-hundred men appointed to the senate of Rome by Romulus, but the origins of the patricians are still obscure. Most of these families were wealthy and their descendents were most often elected into political office, preventing the wealthier plebs from attaining magistracies and depriving the masses of proper representation. The misrepresentation of the plebs led to several political conflicts during the early years of the Roman Republic.
In 494 BC, tensions came to a head between the two social classes; there was fear of a civil war breaking out. Instead of fighting, the plebs seceded (secessio was a common plebeian tactic depriving Rome of its workforce and main source of military manpower) from Rome. They left the city and congregated on the nearby Aventine Hill. The plebs demanded that the Roman state recognize the entity of the plebs and to allow them their own assembly and leaders. This “secession of the plebs” led to the creation of the consilium plebis, or people’s assembly. The people’s assembly elected ten tribunes, tribuni plebis, and these tribunes were tasked with protecting the interests of the plebs.
In 450 BC, the plebs requested that a law code be created and displayed for all to see because plebs were unhappy with the patrician stranglehold on legal authority. The patricians opposed this measure; therefore, the plebs again brought the state to a halt by leaving the city. Finally, the patricians in 449 BC created the “Twelve Tables” and displayed them in the forum for all to read. These law codes were basic rights for the conduct of citizens and not very in depth, for most issues during this period were resolved within the family. Nevertheless, this law code laid the foundation for a later Roman constitution.
In 445 BC, the plebs requested two things: the right to marry patricians and to be able to stand for the consulship. The patricians would not allow plebeians to hold the highest office in the republic, therefore they decided to compromise. First, plebs would now be allowed to marry patricians and vice versa, second, a new office, the military tribune with consular power, was created and every year the senate voted to either have consuls or military tribunes for that year. A confusing solution, but the catch was that plebs would be allowed to run for military tribune but not for consul. Obviously, this is not much of a compromise because the senate could simply choose to pick consuls every year, and even when they chose military tribunes, the People’s Assembly still elected patricians by means of bribery and threats. In addition, as soon as wealthy plebs were elected to a magistracy they became part of the ruling fold and abandoned their poorer constituents. The military tribune compromise lasted from 445-367 BC.
In 367 BC, the compromise was abolished and a new rule was set in place: the senate would now only elect consuls, but one of the two consuls must be a pleb (two plebeians would not be elected consul simultaneously until 172 BC), this allowed new, wealthy plebs to enter the senate through the consulship. These men were known as homines novi or new men, and this shift created a new nobility. By the end of the Republic, these “new men” greatly outnumbered patrician families. In 300 BC, the plebs are allowed to hold positions in many of the priesthoods, which had never been open to them before; however, patricians continued to hold half the places in major priestly colleges and several priesthoods remained exclusively patrician. In 287 BC, anything that was passed by the People’s Assembly became binding law for all Romans. It is safe to say that by the third century BC, the plebs had achieved a notable level of equality in the Roman state.
