This type of class division only provided citizenship for Patrician, but not for the remaining groups of merchants, middle classes laborers, and other participants in the Roman economy. This group of people was called the plebeians, which constituted a new political faction that would oppose the dominance of the Patricians in the Senate. During this time, the Plebeians would form their own political council in order to countermand the citizenship of the Patricians. The Concilium Plebis was soon formed as a result of the “conflict of orders” that would challenge the rights of citizenship for Roman workers and lower level merchant classes. This type of political activity defined a new era of Plebeian involvement in governmental representation, which evolved from a broader social and political movement throughout the 4th and 3rd centuries
This type of class division only provided citizenship for Patrician, but not for the remaining groups of merchants, middle classes laborers, and other participants in the Roman economy. This group of people was called the plebeians, which constituted a new political faction that would oppose the dominance of the Patricians in the Senate. During this time, the Plebeians would form their own political council in order to countermand the citizenship of the Patricians. The Concilium Plebis was soon formed as a result of the “conflict of orders” that would challenge the rights of citizenship for Roman workers and lower level merchant classes. This type of political activity defined a new era of Plebeian involvement in governmental representation, which evolved from a broader social and political movement throughout the 4th and 3rd centuries