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roman politics.

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concepts 5th century bce

patricians and plebeians

patres et plebs

the beginning of a five-hundred-year cold war. how the elite closed ranks by inventing the patricians and raising a barrier of blood to leave the plebs without political rights.

early republic
institutions 509 bce

the invention of the consulship

consvlatvs

how to govern after outlawing the kings. the roman senate invents the divided magistracy of the two consuls and the power of the veto to prevent new tyrannies in the year 509 bce.

early republic
institutions c. 494 bce

the untouchable politician of rome

tribvnvs plebis

the tribune of the plebs and the power of the veto. the sacrosanctitas, the magical legal shield that protected popular leaders and gave them the power to paralyse the senate and the whole republic.

early republic
concepts fifth century bce

the mafia network of rome

clientela

the system of clientela. how the wealthy patricians controlled the votes and the streets of rome by buying the loyalty of the impoverished plebs through favours and loans.

early republic