Week 5 daily 3

        The struggle of the Orders was greatly influential on late Roman Politics. The struggle, or conflict, of the orders was a conflict between the Roman Plebeians and Patricians. The Plebeians are the common or poor citizens of Rome and the Patricians where the wealthy citizens of Rome. In this conflict Plebeians wanted equality with the Patricians. This struggle effected Roman politics because now Roman public offices could be held be Plebeians and not just Patricians. Almost every full citizen of Rome could hold a public office. This effected the Roman senate the most. The roman senate was now consisted of Plebeians and Patricians. Now that Plebeians where in office, they began to form the Plebeian Council. This council began to get more and more power. It laws started affecting Patricians as well. 
      At the beginning of the roman Republic, Patricians had all the political power. Poor citizens had no voice in political affairs. Now Plebeians have the right to hold power in a Republic.