CLA231H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Latin Rights, Roman Citizenship, Plebs
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Divide and rule: not allowing the others to nd a common detonator. Different levels of status in the roman world: roman citizens, roman citizens without the right to vote, citizens with latin rights, friends and allies. This applies to free men and women ( not slaves, who are property and cannot be citizens) The right to be a candidate in elections. The right do draw up a binding will: taxes to pay; men to enroll in armies. The rights are as above for roman citizens, except. Legal marriage with romans: right to draw up business contracts, right to migration, no vote, men must serve as soldiers in romes war. The licinio- sextian laws: one consul can now be plebeian (previously only patricians were accepted) An important step in resolving the so-called struggle of the orders. In 287 the lex hortensia gave the plebeian assembly the right to pass laws. Some possible explanations: better weaponary, stronger economy, more.
