G What method did the plebeians use to pressure the patricians to give them more political power?

Answer 1

They demanded representation in the Roman senate. When the Patricians refused, they left Rome. As they constituted the army, and the city was undefended, the Patricians had to concede and the Plebs gained one of the two Consuls each year. As ex-consuls gained a seat in the Senate, their proportion grew each year. Then they established a Plebeian Assembly from which the Patricians were excluded, so they had a majority in the Centuriate Assembly, the Tribal Assembly and their own Plebeian Assembly, each of which had separate powers which in total encompassed all powers..

When the civil wars progressed through the 1st Century BCE, the Patricians suffered heavy casualties, and ceased to exist as a political force, the title becoming honorific.

Answer 2

The Plebeians used a few tactics such as riots and civil unrest and strikes. When they refused to join the army, the Patricians relaized that they, themselves did not have enough manpower to defend their territories, so it was a main reason for the Patricians to grant certain rights to the Plebeians.

Answer 3

In the early Republic there were several tactics: agitations, refusals to join the levy, secessions, the creation of a state within the state and the veto of plebeian tribunes and their inviolability.

The plebeians often went to the forum for protest gatherings. The refusal to join the levy was a powerful tool. In the early days Rome's army was a citizen militia. Middling and small propertied men formed the infantry and had to supply their weapons and equipment at their expense. They were called up for a military campaign. The refusal or threat to refuse to join the levy was a serious security problem because at that time Rome was under constant attack by at least two peoples, the Aequi and the Volsci.

The plebeian movement started with the 1st plebeian secession in 494 BC. They left Rome and went to a nearby hill, threatening to found a new and separate city. This was a reaction against the refusal by the patrician-controlled state to meet their demand for protection against the abuse of defaulting debtors by creditors who could imprison them, torture them or sell them as slaves. They formed their own assembly (the plebeian council) and leaders, the plebeian tribunes. The secession made the boycott of the levy more effective as the plebeians were away for the pressure that could be exerted on them in Rome to join the levy.

When the plebeians returned to Rome they formed a state within the state. They turned the Aventine Hill into their own jurisdiction where they made their own decisions independently for the Roman state through their deliberations in the plebeian council and through direct action. Thus, the secession started a breakaway movement.

With the 1st secession the plebeians gained recognition of their council and tribunes. The tribunes had the power to veto actions by public officials deemed to be against the interests of the plebeians. The tribunes were also made sacrosanct (inviolable). Under Roman customs someone who harmed a sacrosanct person could be killed with immunity from prosecution. This has been described as a 'lynch law'. It was established because the plebeians vowed that they would kill anyone who harmed their tribunes.

Answer 4

yes because they couldnt even vote or work in the goverenment or marry rich people

they had to be poor like them.

Answer 5

They entered war with the patricians.

Answer 6

hi

Answer 7

they traded

Answer 8

Roman Republic