-According to legend, Rome was all fucked up after the Gallic invasion.
-Rome's neighbors decided to take advantage of the situation by constantly attacking.
-Marcus Furius Camillus was still overall the leader during this time, either as dictator or military tribune (unclear).
-Marcus Manlius Capitolanus was a patrician and jealous of Camillus.
-Manlius had been a leader of the people during the Gallic siege, but Camiluus had received all of the credit for saving the day because he drove off the Senones. So, he decided to gain some attention by becoming a champion of the plebs.
-Debt was a huge problem for the plebs as the city was being rebuilt.
-Manlius spoke out against this, and often repaid debts from out of his own pocket.
-Patricians hated him, seeing him as a potential leader of a future revolution. So, they arrested him on trumped-up charges of treason and had him executed.
-After much political struggle, the plebs were finally able to get one of their own elected as consul in 367 BC, although this is questioned by modern historians.
-343 BC- a law was finally instated that decreed that one consul MUST be a pleb at all times.
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