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Conflict of the Orders: Patrician vs Plebeian

2024/10/21
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主持人:本期节目探讨了罗马历史上持续两百多年的贵族和平民之间的冲突,即所谓的等级冲突。罗马社会最初由少数贵族(patrician)和大多数平民(plebeian)组成,贵族垄断了政治和宗教权力,平民则在经济上遭受压迫,常常因债务而沦为奴隶。这种不平等激化了社会矛盾,最终导致平民多次采取行动争取自身权益。 起初,平民通过集体退到圣山的方式进行抗议,迫使贵族做出让步,设立了保民官(Tribune of the Plebs)的职位,赋予平民否决参议院决议的权力,并在一定程度上保护平民免受贵族压迫。之后,平民又争取到成文法的制定,即著名的十二铜表法,使法律更加透明和公正。 随着时间的推移,平民进一步争取到参与最高政治职位的权利,例如执政官(consul)的职位,打破了贵族对最高权力的垄断。最终,通过《霍尔滕西亚法》(Lex Hortensia)的通过,平民议会通过的法案对所有罗马公民具有约束力,标志着等级冲突的正式结束。 虽然等级冲突的结束并没有完全消除社会不平等,但它为平民争取到了更多的政治权力和法律保护,也促进了罗马政治制度的改革和社会结构的变革。罗马的等级冲突为我们理解历史上的阶级斗争和社会变革提供了宝贵的案例。

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The episode explores the early social structure of Rome, focusing on the establishment of patricians and plebeians, and the initial conflicts between these classes.
  • Rome's social system was based on an elite few (patricians) and a majority of commoners (plebeians).
  • The conflict between these classes began during the Roman kingdom and early republic.
  • Plebeians faced economic hardships and lacked political power, leading to significant tensions.

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After the founding of Rome as a city in the 8th century BC, it created a social system based on an elite few and a majority of commoners. 

This social arrangement wasn’t unique to Rome, and it has appeared in cultures and civilizations around the world.

However, Rome was one of the first cultures to experience a conflict between these classes and for the commoners to win major concessions. 

Learn more about the Conflict of the Orders and the battle between Plebeians and Patricians on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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