dec 19, 496 BC - First Plebeian Secession
Description:
The first of many mass conflicts between the patrician class (landed gentry) and the plebeian class (commoners). Plebeians left Rome en masse and set up camp at the Mons Sacer (Sacred Mountain) by the recommedation of Lucius Sicinius Vellutus. This set the precedent for later acts of popular protest.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 19, 496 BC
Now
~ 2525 years ago