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The Roman Plebs: How the Common People Shaped an Empire
The Roman Republic and Empire weren't just shaped by senators, emperors, and generals — the common people, the plebeians, were a force to be reckoned with. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the plebeian order from the Conflict of the Orders in the early Republic to the grain dole and bread and circuses of the Imperial era. They discuss the secession of the plebs, the creation of the tribunes of the plebs, the Twelve Tables, the Lex Canuleia allowing patrician-plebeian marriage, the rise of wealthy plebeians, and the gradual erosion of plebeian power under the emperors. Along the…
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