Rise of the Roman Rebublic

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  • 509 BCE

    Patricians create a republic

    A group of patricians rebelled and created a republic taking away the last Etruscan king.
  • 494 BCE

    Plebeians rebel

    Patricians ignored plebeians demands. Plebeians marched away from the city and wouldn’t come back until patricians listened to their demandands. Patricians began to worry because of the lack of work on the city and farms.
  • 451 BCE

    Twelve tables

    Over 200 years plebeians demanded patricians so they write down the laws. They did, and called them the twelve tables.
  • 287 BCE

    Plebeians gain rights

    Plebeians got the right to pass on laws in which this assembly could accept of reject them. Plebeians assemblies work alongside patricians.
  • Period: 161 BCE to 509 BCE

    Patricians and Plebeians under Etruscan rule.

    The Etruscans ruled Rome and society was divided into patricians and plebeians.