Gaius Canuleius, according to Livy book 4, was a Tribune of the Plebs in 445 BC. He introduced a bill proposing that intermarriage between Patricians and Plebians be allowed. As well, with his fellow Tribunes he proposed another bill allowing one of the two annually elected Consuls to be a Plebeian. A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... Ancient Roman Official. ... This is an article about the privileged class in ancient Rome. ... In Ancient Rome, the plebs was the general body of Roman citizens, distinct from the privileged class of the patricians. ... Consul (abbrev. ...
Despite fierce opposition from the Patricians, his laws were eventually passed when the Plebeians went on a military strike, refusing to defend the city against its attacking neighbors. That law, the Lex Canuleia, bears his name. The Lex Canuleia was a law in ancient Rome, passed during the Republic in 445 BC, which allowed intermarrige between plebians and patricians. ...
The accuracy Livy's description of Canuleius' tribunate and the Struggle of the Orders in which his laws played a major part is doubted by some modern scholars. The Conflict of the Orders was a political struggle between the plebeians (plebs) and patricians (patricii) of the ancient Roman Republic, in which the plebeians sought political equality and achieved it in 287 BC, after two centuries of strife. ...
History - Ancient history - Ancient Rome This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. ... This article is becoming very long. ... This an alphabetical List of ancient Romans. ...
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