first secession of the plebs
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The first secession of the plebs was an early 5th-century BCE social and political revolt in the Roman Republic in which the commoners withdrew from the city to force the patrician elite to grant them political representation and protections.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| first secession of the plebs canonical | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
event in ancient Rome
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plebeian secession ⓘ political conflict ⓘ social conflict ⓘ |
| aim |
legal protections for plebeians
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political representation for plebeians ⓘ protection from arbitrary magistrates ⓘ relief from debt bondage ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
first plebeian secession
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prima secessio plebis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
collective bargaining by plebeians
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nonviolent secession ⓘ plebeian military strike ⓘ withdrawal of plebeians from Rome ⓘ |
| consequence |
precedent for later plebeian secessions
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step toward Roman republican constitutional development ⓘ weakening of exclusive patrician control of magistracies ⓘ |
| country | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ Roman Antiquities
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Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Second Secession of the Plebs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
abuses by patrician creditors
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conflict between patricians and plebeians ⓘ debt bondage of plebeians ⓘ lack of political representation for plebeians ⓘ plebeian debt crisis ⓘ social inequality in early Roman Republic ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Roman class relations
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Roman legal system ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
early example of collective labor action in military context
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milestone in struggle for plebeian rights ⓘ |
| historicalContext | shortly after establishment of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| ledBy | plebeian soldiers ⓘ |
| location |
Aventine Hill
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Mons Sacer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| participant |
Lucius Junius Brutus (as a symbolic founder of the Republic context)
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Roman Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman army ⓘ Roman consuls ⓘ patricians ⓘ plebeians ⓘ |
| partOf | Conflict of the Orders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | overthrow of the Roman monarchy ⓘ |
| result |
compromise between patricians and plebeians
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creation of the plebeian aedileship ⓘ creation of the tribunate of the plebs ⓘ formalization of plebeian institutions ⓘ increased political power of plebeians ⓘ recognition of plebeian assembly ⓘ sacrosanctity of tribunes of the plebs ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 494 BCE ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 5th century BCE ⓘ |
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