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Updated: May 20, 2025
The non-patrician families of wealth and consideration had long ago separated from the plebs, and leagued themselves with the patriciate in the participation of senatorial rights and in the prosecution of a policy distinct from that of the plebs and very often counteracting it.
With the election of the first non-patrician consul the choice fell on one of the authors of this reform, the late tribune of the people, Lucius Sextius Lateranus the clan-aristocracy ceased both in fact and in law to be numbered among the political institutions of Rome.
With the election of the first non-patrician consul the choice fell on one of the authors of this reform, the late tribune of the people, Lucius Sextius Lateranus the clan-aristocracy ceased both in fact and in law to be numbered among the political institutions of Rome.
Although they were at liberty to elect plebeians, the choice fell on patricians alone so powerful was the nobility still and it was only when a second election became necessary for 304, that some plebeians were chosen the first non-patrician magistrates that the Roman community had.
The latter class was now becoming an important and turbulent factor in the life of the larger cities. The craft-guilds, consisting of the body of non-patrician citizens, were naturally in general dominated by their most wealthy section.
Although they were at liberty to elect plebeians, the choice fell on patricians alone so powerful was the nobility still and it was only when a second election became necessary for 304, that some plebeians were chosen the first non-patrician magistrates that the Roman community had.
The non-patrician families of wealth and consideration had long ago separated from the plebs, and leagued themselves with the patriciate in the participation of senatorial rights and in the prosecution of a policy distinct from that of the plebs and very often counteracting it.
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