Tribunes of the Plebs

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Tribunes of the Plebs were powerful elected officials in the Roman Republic who represented and protected the interests of the common people (plebeians) against the authority of the patrician magistrates and the Senate.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tribunes of the Plebs canonical 1
tribunes of the plebs 1
tribuni plebis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman political office ⓘ
elected office ⓘ
magistracy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs plebeian tribunes ⓘ
tribuni plebis ⓘ
associatedAssembly Concilium Plebis ⓘ
couldInterveneAgainst unjust treatment of plebeians ⓘ
couldNotBe patrician ⓘ
couldPropose plebiscites ⓘ
couldVeto acts of consuls ⓘ
acts of praetors ⓘ
decrees of the Senate ⓘ
legislation proposed in popular assemblies ⓘ
country Roman Republic ⓘ
createdAtEvent first secession of the plebs ⓘ
createdDuring Conflict of the Orders ⓘ
createdInYear 494 BC ⓘ
electedBy Plebeian Council ⓘ
linked to: Concilium Plebis
eligibilityRequirement must be plebeian ⓘ
existedUntil Roman Empire ⓘ
heldPower ability to convene the Plebeian Council ⓘ
ability to convene the Senate ⓘ
ability to propose legislation to the Plebeian Council ⓘ
right of veto (intercessio) ⓘ
sacrosanctity of person ⓘ
importantLaw Lex Hortensia ⓘ
Lex Sacrata establishing sacrosanctity ⓘ
influencedOffice tribunician power (tribunicia potestas) of Roman emperors ⓘ
jurisdiction city of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Rome
jurisdictionLimit normally within one mile of Rome ⓘ
laterNumber 10 ⓘ
legalPrivilege immunity from arrest by other magistrates ⓘ
inviolability under lex sacrata ⓘ
right to grant asylum in their presence ⓘ
notableOfficeHolders Gaius Gracchus ⓘ
Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger ⓘ
Publius Clodius Pulcher ⓘ
Tiberius Gracchus ⓘ
opposedTo patricians ⓘ
originalNumber 2 ⓘ
plebiscitesBecameBindingOn all Roman citizens after Lex Hortensia ⓘ
politicalRole check on patrician magistrates ⓘ
instrument of popular politics ⓘ
powerReducedUnder Roman Empire ⓘ
powerType negative power of veto ⓘ
primaryFunction protection of plebeians from magistrates ⓘ
representation of plebeian interests ⓘ
reelectionPolicy immediate reelection uncommon in early Republic ⓘ
socialClassRepresented plebeians ⓘ
termLength one year ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman aediles → originallyAssociatedWith → Tribunes of the Plebs ⓘ
Tribunes of the Plebs → alsoKnownAs → tribuni plebis ⓘ
linked to: Tribunes of the Plebs
Concilium Plebis → governedBy → tribunes of the plebs ⓘ
linked to: Tribunes of the Plebs