Visual Timeline: Roman Constitution

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509 BCE: Foundation of the Roman Republic.
 
494 BCE: Traditional date the office of the tribuni plebis is created in Rome.
 
 
450 BCE: The laws of the 'Twelve Tables', the basis of Roman law, are compiled.
 
449 BCE: The Valerio-Horatian Laws establishes the tribal assemblies in Rome.
 
367 BCE: Law passed enabling Roman plebians to become consuls.
 
287 BCE: The Lex Hotensia states that laws passed in Rome by the Concilium Plebis are binding to all people, even patricians.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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