Struggle of the Orders and the Law of the Twelve Tables (494–287 BCE)

1. First secession of the plebs to Mons Sacer

   Jan 1, 494 BCELabels: Plebeian secession, Mons Sacer

   • Britannica plebeian secession
   • Secessio plebis

2. Tribunate of the plebs established

   Jan 1, 493 BCELabels: Tribunate of, Plebeian tribunes

   • Secessio plebis
   • Tribune of plebs

3. Lex Publilia shifts tribune elections to tribes

   Jan 1, 471 BCELabels: Lex Publilia, Comitia Tributa

   • Lex Publilia 471
   • Tribune of plebs

4. Terentilian proposal to limit consular power

   Jan 1, 462 BCELabels: Gaius Terentilius, Consular power

   • Tribune of plebs
   • Ancient Rome Live

5. First decemvirate appointed to write laws

   Jan 1, 451 BCELabels: First decemvirate, Decemviri

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   • World History Enc

6. Law of the Twelve Tables publicly posted

   Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Twelve Tables, Roman law

   • Britannica
   • World History Enc

7. Second secession ends decemviral regime

   Jan 1, 449 BCELabels: Second secession, Decemviral regime

   • Secessio plebis
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8. Lex Trebonia bans co-opting tribunes

   Jan 1, 448 BCELabels: Lex Trebonia, Tribunate

   • Lex Trebonia
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9. Lex Canuleia permits patrician–plebeian marriage

   Jan 1, 445 BCELabels: Lex Canuleia, Conubium

   • Lex Canuleia
   • CAH CristoRaul

10. Consular tribunes introduced as political compromise

    Jan 1, 445 BCELabels: Consular tribunes, Tribuni militum

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    • CAH CristoRaul

11. Licinio-Sextian laws open consulship to plebeians

    Jan 1, 367 BCELabels: Licinio-Sextian laws, Consulship reform

    • Licinio Sextian
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12. First plebeian consul takes office

    Jan 1, 366 BCELabels: Lucius Sextius, Plebeian consul

    • Sextius Lateranus
    • Licinio Sextian

13. Leges Genuciae renew plebeian-consul requirement

    Jan 1, 342 BCELabels: Leges Genuciae, Consul requirement

    • Leges Genuciae
    • Lucius Genucius

14. Lex Ogulnia opens major priesthoods to plebeians

    Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Lex Ogulnia, Religious colleges

    • Lex Ogulnia

15. Lex Hortensia makes plebiscites fully binding

    Jan 1, 287 BCELabels: Lex Hortensia, Plebiscites

    • Britannica
    • Lex Hortensia