Conflict of the Orders

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The Conflict of the Orders was a prolonged social and political struggle in the early Roman Republic during which the plebeians sought and gradually secured greater rights and protections from the patrician elite.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Conflict of the Orders canonical 4
Struggle of the Orders 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
struggle for civil rights ⓘ
cause debt bondage of plebeians ⓘ
exclusion of plebeians from high religious offices ⓘ
lack of written laws ⓘ
patrician monopoly on political offices ⓘ
social and economic inequality in early Rome ⓘ
country Roman Republic ⓘ
describedBySource Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ
Livy ⓘ
endTime 287 BC ⓘ
hasPart First Secession of the Plebs ⓘ
Lex Hortensia ⓘ
Licinian–Sextian reforms ⓘ
Second Secession of the Plebs ⓘ
Third Secession of the Plebs ⓘ
creation of the tribunate of the plebs ⓘ
publication of the Twelve Tables ⓘ
struggle over access to consulship ⓘ
struggle over debt bondage ⓘ
struggle over land distribution ⓘ
struggle over legal equality ⓘ
location ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
mainSubject legal protection ⓘ
patrician privilege ⓘ
plebeian rights ⓘ
political representation ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
opposingParty patricians ⓘ
plebeians ⓘ
result formal legal equality between patricians and plebeians ⓘ
increased political rights for plebeians ⓘ
integration of plebeian elite into Roman nobility ⓘ
recognition of plebeian assembly decisions as binding on all Romans ⓘ
weakening of exclusive patrician control of magistracies ⓘ
significantEvent First Secession of the Plebs ⓘ
Second Secession of the Plebs ⓘ
Third Secession of the Plebs ⓘ
appointment of the decemviri to write the laws ⓘ
creation of the office of plebeian aedile ⓘ
creation of the office of tribune of the plebs ⓘ
opening of major priesthoods to plebeians ⓘ
opening of the consulship to plebeians ⓘ
opening of the praetorship to plebeians ⓘ
passage of the Lex Hortensia ⓘ
passage of the Licinian–Sextian laws ⓘ
promulgation of the Law of the Twelve Tables ⓘ
startTime early 5th century BC ⓘ
timePeriod early Roman Republic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Tribunes of the Plebs → createdDuring → Conflict of the Orders ⓘ
Concilium Plebis → associatedWithConflict → Conflict of the Orders ⓘ
Aventine Secession → politicalContext → Struggle of the Orders ⓘ
linked to: Conflict of the Orders
First Secession of the Plebs → partOf → Conflict of the Orders ⓘ
subject linked to: first secession of the plebs
Lex Hortensia → partOf → Conflict of the Orders ⓘ