Sentences with 'plebeians'
Example sentences and phrases with the word plebeians and other words derived from it.
• « They allied themselves with other rich and powerful people, who owned large tracts of land, to try to keep the plebeians, Roman citizens who were not of patrician origin, at bay. »
• « In the case of Rome, an ongoing class struggle called the Conflict of Orders took place from about 500 BC to 360 BC. (140 years!), in which the plebeians fought for more political representation. »
• « In 494 BC, the plebeians threatened to simply abandon Rome, leaving it almost defenceless, and the Senate responded by allowing the creation of two officials called Tribunes, men drawn from the plebs who had the legal power to veto certain decisions made by the Senate and consuls. »
• « At least during the early years of the Napoleonic empire, many conquered peoples - most obviously the plebeians - experienced the French conquest as (at least in part) a liberation. »