Tribunus Plebis

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 2 §32 tribunes of the plebs

  Sacrosanct magistrates of the plebs, created after the secession, whose power was to bring aid against the consuls; the office was closed to patricians.

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §1 tribunes

  Tribunes of the plebs: officers elected by the commons to protect them, empowered to propose laws to the popular assembly and to veto magistrates.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §1 tribune of the plebs

  One of the magistrates (eventually ten) elected by the plebs to protect them; their persons were sacrosanct and they could veto magistrates' acts.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §2 the tribunes of the plebs

  The officers of the plebs, sacrosanct and empowered to veto magistrates and protect citizens, the engine of the struggle of the orders.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §5 the tribunes of the plebs

  The sacrosanct officers of the plebs, empowered to veto magistrates and protect citizens; the engine of the struggle of the orders.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §1 the tribunes

  Tribunes of the plebs, the ten sacrosanct magistrates who championed the plebs and could veto (intercede against) acts of other magistrates.

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §33 the tribunes of the plebs

  The plebeian tribunes, whose protection and the people's appeal save the master of the horse.

• The History of Rome, Book 9 §8 tribunes of the plebs

  Sacrosanct plebeian officers empowered to intercede and to block magistrates' acts.

• The History of Rome, Book 10 §6 tribunes of the plebs

  Annually elected officers of the commons, sacrosanct, with power to propose laws and to veto magistrates.

• The History of Rome, Book 26 §2 tribunes of the plebs

  The plebeian tribunate; ten annually elected magistrates who could bring bills before the plebs and veto magistrates.