Roman Tribune Research Paper

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There were a few different types of roman tribunes. The two most important were the Plebs, and the military tribunes. The tribunes played an important role in Roman life. Julius Caesar caused worry to Marullus and Flavius. The tribunes of the Plebs had huge political power in Rome. The Plebeian tribunes were sacrosanct, which means that the Plebeians were pledged to protect them. If anyone endangered the plebeian tribune, they would be killed on the spot. Another source of their power was the ius intercessionis, or intercession; it gave them the right to intercede on the behalf of any citizen of Rome. The only person who exempted that rule was the dictator of Rome. There was a catch though; they only had power in the city they lived in and…show more content…
No one really knows what they did for certain, but researchers think that they were probably tax collectors. Roman tribunes in general were for the people of Rome. Some were high ranking military officers, while others were in their own form are aristocrats of Rome. Their only perpose was to help Roman citizans in the city that the tribune had power. Flavius did not want Julius Caesar to get into power. The reason of that was that Caesar could easily want to be a dictator. A dictatorship would ruin the government that Rome had. Rome, at the time, had a republic which gave them the freedom to vote. If Julius caecar became a dictator he would answer to no one, having no reason to do anything good for Rome. It would also mean that Flavius would have less power as a tribune. Being a tribune of the plebs, he did not want to lose any political power. He could lose his position as a tribune. A dictator has to answer to no one, so he could just with…show more content…
He was overly ambitious in everything he did. He was also proud, a bit too proud. This weakness was not something that all the Romans wanted. Marullus and Flavius did not like Julius Caesar for those reasons as well. They might have known that he was like that, so they took action in making some of the people they saw go back to work instead of celebrating. Ultimately Julius Caesar was too ambitious and proud. Those traits tend to be someone who only thinks of himself. He is likely to go to war even if he can’t win because of his pride. His ambition could very well be the fall of Rome as they knew
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