plebeian
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The Plebeian Assembly was controlled by wealthy plebeians who were the clients of nobles.
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By 287 BCE, the Plebeian Assembly could pass legislation with the weight of law as well.
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In return, the patron would expect political support from their clients by voting as directed in the Centuriate or Plebeian Assembly, by influencing other votes, and by blocking political rivals.
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The government of the late Republic was still in the form of the Plebeian Assembly, the Centuriate Assembly, the Senate, ten tribunes, two consuls, and a court system under formal rules of law.
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Unsettled, I quicken my pace, eventually persuading an elderly Plebeian man to direct me to Teluman's forge.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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