Why Did The Plebeians Contributed To The Rise Of The Roman Empire

Introduction
During the 6th century B.C.E., Rome was a relatively new colony that established joint colonies with groups like the Gauls, Latins, Aequians, Volsci, and Samnites. The establishment of joint colonies led to more Roman citizens, which resulted in increases in trade, agriculture, and wealth spread. Before these colonies became a part of Rome, they sought to obtain its land and resources. Therefore, Rome felt threatened by these groups and was forced to exert some focus to expand its territory. It was more probable that Rome expanded organically and out of circumstance because Rome had no intentions to fight these colonies at the beginning. Rome did not have any intentions to start a war, nor was it one of the first aggressors, because
through the 3rd century B.C.E. The patricians had more political power than the plebeians, despite both groups holding office, because the patricians were wealthier than the plebeians. Therefore, around 494 B.C.E., the plebeians walked out of the city and went on strike. They went on a nearby hill to create their own government until their voice was heard (Lewis & Reinhold, 96-97). The plebeians planned to create a state within a state. Their objective was to acquire protection against the unjust and arbitrary acts of the patricians, such as debt bondages and food shortages. While this was going on, the patricians realized that they needed the plebeians for military support but, at the same time, they were not willing to give them power. Reluctantly, the patricians had a change of heart and started taking steps to resolve the tension with the plebeians. This connects to the argument on how Rome could not have possibly been the aggressor of wars because it was dealing with the setup of an unbalanced government. Therefore, Rome did not have the time nor the power to start any wars because it was focused on the rights between the patricians and the
Out of this struggle came the formation of the Nobiles group and three new laws: the Ogulnian Law, the Licinian-Sextian Law, and the Lex Hortensia. The Nobiles were the new elites of Rome. They were a group comprised of both patricians and plebeians who held the same political power. The Nobiles were also known for governing, proposing laws, being senators, and leading the army as generals. The formation of the Nobiles helped resolve the tension between both groups, but few laws had been placed to ensure that there was equal power shared. For example, in Livy’s narrative, he claimed that the Ogulnian Law ended the wealthy patrician’s privilege, regarding high social status and political power, such as electing and voting on governmental matters. Therefore, the Ogulnian Law was passed to ensure that the poor plebeians had the same access to political power as the wealthy patricians (Lewis & Reinhold, 131). After the Ogulnian Law was passed, Livy, again, claimed that the tribunes Gaius Licinius and Lucius Sextus passed the Licinian-Sextian laws which specified (1) that one consul every year must be a plebeian, (2) that the office of praetor should serve as assistant consul and (3) that there should be a law restricting the amount of land held by any citizen (Lewis & Reinhold, 124). This ended the peculiar office of consular tribunes and allowed for the patricians and