Talk:Plebs
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Could Plebes vote on issues?
No, only the senate and consulars could, the Plebians are second class, so therefore have no right to vote in Rome's eyes.
What a word eh? You pleb. Sorry.
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[edit] Response
Actually the high ranking plebs where members of the centuriate and tribal assemblies so could vote, also they could become senators and consuls etc and could veto all but a few senate decrees (through the tribunes of the plebs) —The preceding kek comment was added by 207.188.67.244 (talk) 01:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] plebs
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[edit] Plebians/Proletarii
What is the distinction between the Plebs (who I believe were mostly members of the 3-5th classes in the centuriate assembly) and the Proletarii, (who had no vote as they were beneath the fifth class, basically all unemployed or poor, and eventually the members of Gauis Marius [and Successors] Conscript Legions) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 222.152.77.162 (talk) 05:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Balance of power
After the plebs received the Tribune of the Plebs with veto power, could you say they were more powerful than the patrician class - because that class did not have access to such veto power?
