March 16th Daily

How was the Struggle of the Orders influential on later Roman politics? 

The Struggle of the Orders was very influential for most of the Roman republic and the laws, but the plebeian people still didn't have the same equality that the patrician people had. The Struggle of the Orders was when the plebeian, lower class, people of the Roman Republic began to feel as if they had no say in the government and laws of the republic, and that the patrician, higher class, people created laws reflecting against personal gain which only helped their class. This began to make the plebeian people very angry. In order to keep the plebeian people from rebelling against the Roman Republic and the patricians, the Senate made of patricians decided to come to an agreement with the plebeian people, making everyone happy. The agreement was that there would be one plebeian person in the Senate named the Tribune of the Plebs, elected by the plebeian people who would have a very important power over the rest of the Senate. This power was that this person could veto any of the laws that the Senate tries to make if they seem unfair. This lead for the Senate to make better laws and everyone in the republic was happy. In a political standpoint, this was very good. Everyone was happy with this agreement and it led to a happy, more united republic with no rebellion. The Struggle of the Orders made everything much more peaceful and fair for everyone who lived in Rome for a long time, so it happened to be very influential.