PLEBS

plĕbz or plebeiansplĭbēˈənz [Lat. plebs=people], general body of Roman citizens, as distinct from the patrician class. They lacked, at first, most of the patrician rights, but with the establishment of the tribune of the people in the 5th cent. b.c., they gradually achieved political equality with the patricians. First marriage of plebeians with patricians was validated, then plebeians were admitted successively over several decades to the quaestorship, the consulate, the dictatorship, the censorship, and the praetorship; they finally obtained the important priestly offices of the pontificate and augurship in 300 b.c. With the blurring of the distinction between the two classes, from this time the name plebs passed to the lowest ranks of the people.

See K. Raaflaub, ed., Social Struggles in Archaic Rome (1986).

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Plebs and Politics in the Late Roman Republic
Book by Henrik Mouritsen; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Constitutional History--Rome, Plebs (Rome)--Political Activity, Rome--Politics And Government--265-30 B.C
...meetings and assemblies. He described a plebs contionalis, which had a regularized behavioral...behavior. 6 And the membership of this plebs contionalis, with whom the popular leaders...remained the primary occupations of the urban plebs. 8 The theory of a politically active...
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Envoys and Political Communication in the Late Antique West, 411-533
Book by Andrew Gillett; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Diplomacy--History--To 1500, Diplomatic And Consular Service--History--To 1500, Europe--History--392-814, Europe--Politics And Government--476-1492
...bodies which he called plebes. It was one of these bodies, a plebs of inland Gallaecia...Gallaecian episcopacy; the plebs cannot have been opposed...province.9 Hydatius plebes represent officially...In later Latin, plebs was often used to Nicola...
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The Search for Enlightenment: The Working Class and Adult Education in the Twentieth Century
Book by Brian Simon; Lawrence & Wishart, 1990
Subjects: Adult Education--Great Britain--History--20th Century, Working Class--Education--Great Britain--History--20th Century
...Plebs, August 1949; J. Owen, Plebs, October 1949; C. Gibbons, Plebs, November 1949. For Casey...Murie, The Discussion Method, Pleb.s, December 1946. Minutes...from B. Briscoe, J. Thomas, Plebs, January 1947; A. Murie...
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Early Christian Ireland
Book by T. M. Charles-Edwards; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Ireland--Church History
...opposed to the clergy. 42 The people, plebs, over which the bishop presides according...in the first of these senses. 43 Later plebs undoubtedly corresponds to tuath in the...fer tuaithe, layman. 44 In the Synod, plebs is the entire local community, not just...
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The Annals
Book by Tacitus, A. J. Woodman; Hackett, 2004
Subjects: Rome--History--The Five Julii, 30 B.C.-68 A.D
...intervention (intercessio) Tribunes of the plebs traditionally had the right to veto (in...two orders were the patricians and the plebs (see 3.27.1). In the later republic...the distinction between patricians and plebs was of little practical im- portance...
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X/Xs: Toward a General Theory of the Exception
Journal article by Sergei Prozorov; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 30, 2005
Subjects: Political philosophy--Research, Political science--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Political science--Research
...conception of the primacy of the resisting plebs. (27) Yet, is the difference all that...2000); and Ojakangas, "Sovereign and Plebs: Michel Foucault meets Carl Schmitt...note 8. 13. Ojakangas, "Sovereign and Plebs," note 8, p. 4. 14. Jacques Derrida...
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A Model for Dialogue: Cyprian of Carthage on Ecclesial Discernment
Journal article by Paul J. Fitzgerald; Theological Studies, Vol. 59, 1998
Subjects: Common good--Religious aspects, Theology--Social aspects
...constant in his attention to the voice of the plebs. It was by their divinely inspired voice...Outside the Church, the consultation of the plebs had become Widespread in the Roman Empire...Cyprian was perhaps chosen bishop by the plebs because of his eloquence, his social status...
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Bishop Martínez Compañón's Practical Utopia in Enlightenment Peru*
Journal article by Emily Berquist; The Americas, Vol. 64, 2008
Subjects: Hispanic culture, Men, Religion
...education, agriculture, and commerce, the plebs of Trujillo would become ideal Bourbon...Martinez Companon likely reasoned that if the plebs of Trujillo could amuse themselves like...Artisans, asserted that artisans, or the plebs, "should not form a sort of separate...
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Populism and Democracy in Latin America
Journal article by Francisco Panizza, Romina Miorelli; Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 23, 2009
Subjects: Democracy--Analysis, Latin America--Political aspects, Populism--Analysis
...order. In this new political order, the plebs (the underdogs) defeat their oppressors...leader can claim to be the leader of the plebs above all, his office makes him the leader...members of the constitutional assembly, the plebs can at last aspire to become the demos...
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Incest or Survival Strategy? Plebeian Marriage Within the Prohibited Degrees in Somerset, 1730-1835
Journal article by Polly Morris; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 2, 1991
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...that it was incestuous. 8 How did the plebs define incest and how did it affect their...marriage a survival strategy among the plebs, as the parliamentary witnesses implied...Both sources shed some light on how the plebs perceived kinship and made their marriage...
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Class Conscious: Buddleias, Fuchsias and Garden Gnomes Are Fit Only for Plebs. or Maybe Ironists
Magazine article by Andrew Martin; New Statesman, Vol. 133, March 1, 2004
Subjects: Gardening--Personal narratives, Gardening--Social aspects, Social class--Analysis, Social classes--Analysis
Class Conscious: Buddleias, Fuchsias and Garden Gnomes Are Fit Only for Plebs. or Maybe Ironists. by Andrew Martin Spring is approaching, and with it my second year as a gardener. The great success of...
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Most Diverse Class of Plebes Enters Naval Academy
Magazine article; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 26, July 23, 2009
Subjects: Minority students
Most Diverse Class of Plebes Enters Naval Academy The U.S. Naval Academy earlier this month swore in its most racially diverse class ever. The 1,230 men...
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Pop Princess: William Cook Inspects Diana's CD Collection and Discovers She Was a Pleb at Heart
Magazine article by William Cook; New Statesman, Vol. 131, January 28, 2002
Subjects: Burrell, Paul--Investigations, Diana, Princess of Wales--Conduct of life
Pop princess: William Cook inspects Dianas CD collection and discovers she was a pleb at heart by William Cook Princess Diana never appeared on Desert Island Discs, but now we have the next best thing. In October...
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El Tango Es Mi Vida: The Stars of the Hit Tango X 2 Have Returned to Tour the U.S. This Fall
Magazine article by Marilyn Hunt; Dance Magazine, Vol. 71, November 1997
Subjects: Dancers--Interviews, Dancing--Argentina, Plebs, Milena--Interviews, Tango X 2 (Dance)--Production and direction, Tango--Analysis, Una Noche de Tango (Dance)--Production and direction, Zotto, Miguel Angel--Interviews
...special eloquence and taste has been Milena Plebs and Miguel Angel Zottos Tango X 2, which...discussion, sketching out moves. The return of Plebs and Zotto this fall for a coast-to...expression. For example, at one extreme of Plebs and Zottos versatile talents, their first...
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The Politics of Gratitude
Magazine article by Peter J. Leithart; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, December 2004
Subjects: Coriolanus (Shakespeare, William) (Play)--Criticism and interpretation
...people he must don the robes of a pleb and go about the city asking...of various sorts--between plebs and patricians, between family...characters and representing the plebs, in R. B. Parkers words...productions in the 1930s turned the plebs and tribunes into heroes and...
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The Snobbery Behind Zac and Dave's Tax the Plebs Plan
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 11, 2007
The Snobbery Behind Zac and Daves Tax the Plebs Plan. Byline: LITTLE JOHN ONCE, just once, wouldnt it be...at the heart of the Tories climatechangecampaign - a tax the plebs attitude, which targets family cars, big screentelevisions...
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Celebs versus Plebs!
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 7, 2005
Celebs versus Plebs! Byline: JUNE FIELD MOST people assume that if anything helps a neighbourhood become fashionable, it is a famous name moving...
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NO DAY OFF YOU PLEBS; Blair KO's Holiday for Wedding
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), February 13, 2005
NO DAY OFF YOU PLEBS; Blair KOs Holiday for Wedding. Byline: By LYNN McPHERSON PRIME MINISTER Tony Blair last night ruled out a national holiday...
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My Lofty Ambition to Be Top Urban Tree-Hugger; GREEN CITY LIVES;Can Posh Zac Wow Us Eco Plebs?
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 2, 2006
Subjects: Turbines
...Urban Tree-Hugger; GREEN CITY LIVES;Can Posh Zac Wow Us Eco Plebs? Byline: ANDREW NEATHER GREEN CITY LIVES WHEN the leader of...us warm, and not a spliff in sight. Can posh Zac wow us eco plebs? IT IS, of course, splendid that the Tories have found themselves...
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Joan Burnie: ..And Now a Xmas Message from HRH (No, Not Me, the Queen); IN Common with Many Families, HM Uses Her Annual Christmas Card to Give Her Friends and Relatives an Update on What She Has Been Up to in the Past Year . Obviously I Am One of Those Who Has Her Maj's Personally Signed Card - Two Corgis Tearing a Squeaky Camilla Doll in Half - on My Mantelpiece but I Thought I Should Share ER Indoors Thoughts on 2005 with You Plebs
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 23, 2005
...Tearing a Squeaky Camilla Doll in Half - on My Mantelpiece but I Thought I Should Share ER Indoors Thoughts on 2005 with You Plebs. Byline: Joan Burnie ITS been another very busy year for the Windsors of Buck House, Sandringham, Windsor , Holyrood House...
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Plebs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLEBS plebz or plebeians plibe nz Lat. plebs =people, general body of Roman citizens, as distinct from...distinction between the two classes, from this time the name plebs passed to the lowest ranks of the people. See K. Raaflaub...
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Tribune
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...closely associated with the struggle of the plebs against the patrician class to achieve...c.), the office of tribune of the plebs ( tribuni plebis ) designed to protect...were plebeians elected by an assembly of plebs. The power of the tribune derived from...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...centuries. The patrician class controlled the government, but the plebs (who comprised by far the major portion of the population...remarkable, and long after political power had been granted to the plebs, experienced patricians continued to govern Rome. As the majority...
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Patrician
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...only offices reserved to the patricians were the civil office of interrex and some priestly offices. The increasing number of plebs in office together with patricians gave rise to the nobiles, an aristocracy of ruling families of both classes. Caesar and...
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Trebonius, Caius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TREBONIUS, CAIUS trebo ne s, d. 43 b.c., Roman politician. When tribune (55 b.c.) of the plebs he proposed the Lex Trebonia by which Pompey obtained Spain, Crassus obtained Syria, and Caesar obtained Gaul and Illyricum...
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