Volero Publilius

Volero Publilius, sometimes referred to as Publilius Volero,[lower-roman 1] was a Roman statesman who served as Tribune in 472 BC and 471 BC.[1] He proposed the Lex Publilia (471 BC).

A comic strip showing Publilius being arrested.[2]

Publilius was popular among the common people. He pushed for reforms in suffrage; promoting a change that would hand over voting rights to the tribes instead of the centuries.[3] Several public meetings followed to discuss the proposed change. These meetings soon turned into shouting matches between the varying political forces prevalent in Rome, each trying to cement themselves as the most powerful force by winning the argument.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Volero was Publilius' praenomen, but as an older name it was not always recognized by ancient or modern historians, who accordingly treated it as a cognomen.

References

  1. ↑ Liv. 2.55.4.2 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/914/1/115/761-767,894-900,1036-1042,1246-1252,1937-1943,2083-2089
  2. ↑ Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett (1852). The Comic History of Rome. Bradbury, Evans. pp. 67–.
  3. ↑ Howard Hayes Scullard (3 September 2012). A History of the Roman World: 753 to 146 BC. Routledge. pp. 419–. ISBN 978-0-415-52227-4.
  4. ↑ Beckett, Gilbert. The Comic History of Rome. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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