Plebeians: The Roman Empire

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Roman Empire consisted mostly from plebeians, they were majority of the Roman Empire. Plebeians lived out of the city, working very hard and paying their taxes. After first plebeian secession, lot of things changed, debt was canceled, patricians were not allowed to oppress them anymore in any kind of way, and the most important thing that happened after meetings, is to elect their own tribunes. In this way the plebeians acquired a position in the state which they had never before held (Morey, 1901). Also, it’s important to mention that without plebeians’ army Rome would be destruction. This is exact reason why patricians had to stop with their unfair debts and imprison all the plebeians. As we can see plebeians were very important