plebeian in the PONS Dictionary

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It functioned as a legislative assembly, through which the plebeians (commoners) could pass laws, elect magistrates, and try judicial cases.
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He opposed the rogation of that year, which would have opened the consulship to the plebeians.
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The grand insulae is the highest level of plebeian housing.
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They attempted to pass land reform legislation that would redistribute the major patrician landholdings among the plebeians, in addition to other reform measures.
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Around that time local magnates tried to impose the system of paszczyzna onto local plebeians, which rose tensions to record levels.
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Originally patrician, the "gens" later included a number of plebeian families.
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Plebeian tribunes were not officially magistrates, since they were elected only by the plebeians.
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Interestingly, the movement opposed football, as a plebeian sport.
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This last is a controversial statement as some historians consider that something near a third of early consuls have names stemming from plebeian families.
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When plebeians began to be admitted, the size of the colleges was expanded.
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