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Given the extra-legal character of the plebeian institutions, the plebeians found a way to give power to the plebeian tribunes by using the lex sacrata and declaring the person of a plebeian tribune sacrosanct. The lex sacrata was a collective resolution sanctioned by a collective oath.
Besides being the leaders of the plebeians, the plebeian tribunes were the protectors of the plebeians. They had the power to stop actions by the consuls or officials which they deemed as summary and harmful to individual plebeians. This power rested on the principle that the person of the plebeian tribune was sacrosanct.
Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune (Latin: tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power of the Roman Senate and magistrates.
The tribunes of the plebs were sacrosanct within the boundaries of Rome, and the entire body of the Roman people obliged to protect them from harm. The tribunes thus became the primary check on the power of the senate, as well as the protectors of the rights of the plebeians. [4] [5]
In 48 BC, Caesar was given permanent tribunician powers, [85] which made his person sacrosanct, [86] allowed him to veto the Roman Senate, [25] and allowed him to dominate the Plebeian Council. Since Tribunes were always elected by the Plebeian Council, [52] Caesar had hoped to prevent the election of Tribunes who might oppose him. [85]
Since plebeian tribunes (as well as plebeian aediles) were technically not magistrates, [5] they relied on the sacrosanct of their person to obstruct. [13] If one did not comply with the orders of a Plebeian Tribune, the Tribune could interpose the sacrosanctity of his person [14] (intercessio) to physically stop that particular action. Any ...
Under the empire, the Plebeian Tribunes remained sacrosanct, [15] and, in theory at least, retained the power to summon, or to veto, the senate and the assemblies. [15] The emperor, who held tribunician powers, dominated the College of Tribunes, and while technically any member of the college could veto any other member, no Tribune dared to ...
The executive magistrates of the Roman Republic were officials of the ancient Roman Republic (c. 510 BC – 44 BC), elected by the People of Rome.Ordinary magistrates (magistratus) were divided into several ranks according to their role and the power they wielded: censors, consuls (who functioned as the regular head of state), praetors, curule aediles, and finally quaestor.