#plebeians

[lamelanestories]

CONFESS ALREADY

[whencyclopedia]

Secession of the Plebs: One of History's First Class Conflicts

In 494 BCE, the plebeians (commoners) protested their mistreatment by the ruling patrician class with a mass exodus from Rome. Leaving the patricians to fend for themselves, they set up camp on the Sacred Mountain three miles (5 km) away and forced the Senate to negotiate. Discover how Rome's plebeians won their rights through some of the first mass general strikes in Western history.

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⇒ Secession of the Plebs: One of History's First Class Conflicts

[bugbarians]

"Secession of The Plebeians" Original Digital Art by Monte' X. Burke ©2026 Bug Barians Ltd., LLC

[geekysteven]

"We can force the Patricians to give us equal treatment"

Me: hey buddy, just take my blood

"Oh, sorry. You want phlebotomy, this is Plebotomy"

[richo1915]

The Death of Virginia

One of the Decemviri, Appius Claudius (a patrician) demanded sex with a young plebeian woman called Virginia, unmarried but betrothed. Deception and Corruption followed as Appius suborned one of his followers to claim that she was his slave, who had been stolen by her so-called father and Centurion Lucius Virginius.

The judge in the case was Appius himself, who of course found in his accomplice’s favour, and strode through the Forum to grab Virginia. In the argument that followed, her father grabbed his pugio and stabbed his daughter to death, shouting “I am making you free, my child, in the only way I can!”

The display of Virginia’s body and passionate speech that Virginius gave to the Army led to riots, mutiny and the abolition of the tyrannical board of the Decemviri.

[fuckin-georg]

IVE CAUGHT UP TO ALL OF TAZ GRADUATION!!!!!!

I now have to wait with the rest of the plebes for the new episodes!!!!

[kaitlynserc]

While studying the Rise of Rome, I find it particularly interesting to study the social system of the patricians, the plebeians, and the slaves. There is a continuous conflict of orders between these social castes. The plebeians, being the common people, did not have any opportunities in politics until the consulship opened to them in 367 BC. Following this success for the plebs, in 342 BC, it became required that one of the consuls must be pleb. Prior to the Middle Republic, in 287 BC, it was decided that pleb assembly decisions would bind the entire citizen population. This was a massive expansion of power for the plebs, and it is reflected in the establishment of a new Patricio-Pleb mobility. During the conquest of Italy, the plebs had many opportunities to win honor for themselves and their families. In Roman society, the best way to prove one’s self as distinguished is to obtain political power and be successful in the battlefield. This mobility within the social system provided opportunities for social and economic uplift for the plebs, however, over time it became more exclusive. However, the plebs would eventually gain the power to veto new laws from the Roman senate. Studying the rise of the plebs in Rome is a useful way to understand democracy and the role of common people in politics.

[er-cryptid]

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