HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Roman Senate, Lex Hortensia, Plebs
2 May 2016
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Roman men saw combat very often, usually once every 2 years or so. They were professionals fighting in an age of amateurs. Consulship, praetor maximus, decemviri, three praefecti, military tribunes with. Senate composed of veteran soldiers, with valuable elderly knowledge. Plebians gain right to hold major offices and become keepers of the sibylline books (367) Lex licinia-sextia: henceforth one consul every year must be plebeian and one patrician (367) While one consul still had to be plebeian, henceforth both could be (342) 367 is the origin of roman consulship; other views exist. 367 was a compromise between plebeians and patricians. 296 was the first mention of remus; represents the power agreement between plebeians and patricians. Remus" death by romulus was a sacrifice to create the greatness of rome . Remus embodies the sacrificial blood of romans that brought them to new heights. Patricians eventually ignore their promise of compromise, by the 350s, rome is back to double patrician consulates.
