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Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune (Latin: tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the.

The plebeians, also called plebs, were, in ancient Rome, the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census.

plebs) was an informal exercise of power by Rome's plebeian citizens, similar in concept to the general strike.

During the secessio plebis, the plebs.

were the tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes.

For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs acted as a check on the authority.

adopted into a plebeian gens in order to run for the office of tribune of the plebs) and the lex curiata de imperio which granted imperium to senior Roman magistrates.

group with the reforms of the Gracchi brothers, who were tribunes of the plebs between 133 and 121 BC.

brothers, Tiberius and Gaius, were Romans who both served as tribunes of the plebs between 133 and 121 BC.

decisions in certain suits affecting the plebs, and pass resolutions on various proposals made by the tribunes of the plebs and the higher magistrates.

their powers, and only the veto of a fellow consul or a tribune of the plebs could supersede their decisions.

He wrote the motet Sub arturo plebs/Fons citharizancium/In omnem terram.

number of offices, including tribune of the plebs (a political office to represent the interests of the plebs), Military tribune (a rank in the Roman army).

During Nero's reign he was quaestor of Achaea and tribune of the plebs (AD 56); he restored peace and order in Armenia, and gained the respect.

and the plebeian underclass, and was one of a number of secessions by the plebs and part of a broader political conflict known as the conflict of the orders.

this legislation was carried through during his term as tribune of the plebs in 133 BC.

was chosen by the patricians during the secession of the plebs in 494 BC to persuade the plebs to end their secession.

Synonyms:

folk; common person; lowbrow; common man; common people; philistine; plebeian; commoner; anti-intellectual; folks;

Antonyms:

noble; clergyman; intellectual;