Roman Plebeian Class

As was discussed in the learning journal for this week, there were several reasons why the plebeian class became important in Rome. At first during most of the Roman times, the aristocracy controlled most of the political changes in the kingdom, but changes after Tarquin and Servius Tullius helped reform the state and bring in more people. Because most of the people in high and important families could control the government, there were large numbers of unrepresented people groups, because these less important families were not allowed to participate in the government or vote or join the assembly.
To fix this, there were reforms put in place to address the underserved less important families, and these people were called the plebeians. Mostly