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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Secession of the Plebs | 2 |
| first plebeian secession | 1 |
| first secession of the plebs canonical | 1 |
| prima secessio plebis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8311912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: first secession of the plebs Context triple: [Tribunes of the Plebs, createdAtEvent, first secession of the plebs]
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Munda rebellion
The Munda rebellion was a late 19th-century tribal uprising in the Chotanagpur region of India, led by Birsa Munda against British colonial rule and exploitative landlordism.
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B.
Concilium Plebis
Concilium Plebis was the principal popular assembly of the plebeians in ancient Rome, empowered to pass resolutions (plebiscites) that eventually gained the force of law for the entire Roman state.
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C.
Bellum Catilinae
Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that recounts and analyzes the conspiracy of Catiline in the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Pleberio
Pleberio is a wealthy, aging merchant and the tragic father of Melibea in the Spanish literary classic "La Celestina," whose final lament reflects the work’s deep pessimism about love and fortune.
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E.
Lares Uprising
The Lares Uprising was an 1868 armed rebellion in Puerto Rico against Spanish colonial rule, regarded as a key symbol of the island’s struggle for independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: first secession of the plebs Target entity description: 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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A.
Munda rebellion
The Munda rebellion was a late 19th-century tribal uprising in the Chotanagpur region of India, led by Birsa Munda against British colonial rule and exploitative landlordism.
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B.
Concilium Plebis
Concilium Plebis was the principal popular assembly of the plebeians in ancient Rome, empowered to pass resolutions (plebiscites) that eventually gained the force of law for the entire Roman state.
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C.
Bellum Catilinae
Bellum Catilinae is a historical monograph by the Roman historian Sallust that recounts and analyzes the conspiracy of Catiline in the late Roman Republic.
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D.
Pleberio
Pleberio is a wealthy, aging merchant and the tragic father of Melibea in the Spanish literary classic "La Celestina," whose final lament reflects the work’s deep pessimism about love and fortune.
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E.
Lares Uprising
The Lares Uprising was an 1868 armed rebellion in Puerto Rico against Spanish colonial rule, regarded as a key symbol of the island’s struggle for independence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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linked to:
first secession of the plebs
prima secessio plebis ⓘ
linked to:
first secession of the plebs
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| 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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linked to:
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Second Secession of the Plebs
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linked to:
second secession of the plebs
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| 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 ⓘ Rome ⓘ |
| participant |
Lucius Junius Brutus (as a symbolic founder of the Republic context)
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linked to:
Lucius Junius Brutus
Roman Senate ⓘ Roman army ⓘ Roman consuls ⓘ patricians ⓘ plebeians ⓘ |
| partOf | Conflict of the Orders ⓘ |
| 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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