Editing Patrician (ancient Rome) (section)

===  Conflict of the Orders ===
Eventually, the plebeians became unsatisfied with being the lower class and not having the same rights and privileges as the patricians.<ref name=":05">{{Cite book|last=Mathisen|first=Ralph W.|title=Ancient Roman civilization : history and sources, 753 BCE to 640 CE|year=2019|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-084960-3|oclc=1137838429}}</ref> This time in Roman history is called the [[Conflict of the Orders]], which took place between 500 and 287 BC.<ref name=":05" /> Due to the patricians having the political status, the plebeian class had no representation in the government to advocate for their interests.<ref name=":05" /> By not having anyone advocating for their interests, this also meant that the plebeians did not always know the laws by which they had to abide.<ref name=":05" /> Since the patricians were of high social status, they did not want to lose this status; they were not in agreement with changing the structure of society by giving plebeians more status.<ref name=":05" /> Eventually, the plebeian class created their own governing body, the [[Plebeian Council|Council of the Plebs]].<ref name=":05" /> 

Another advancement that came from the Conflict of the Orders was the Twelve Tables. At this time in ancient Rome, the monarchy had been overthrown.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Steinberg|first=Michael|date=1982|title=The Twelve Tables and Their Origins: An Eighteenth-Century Debate|journal=Journal of the History of Ideas|volume=43|issue=3|pages=379–396|doi=10.2307/2709429|jstor=2709429|issn=0022-5037}}</ref> The plebeians wanted to know the laws, which resulted in the written form of laws: the Twelve Tables.<ref name=":05" /> Even once these laws were written down, and the new Centuriate Assembly was created, the patrician class remained in power. The assembly separated citizens into classes, however, the top two classes, [[Equites]] and Patricians, controlled the majority of the vote.<ref name=":05" /> This meant, that while the plebeians were able to vote, if the patrician classes voted together, they could control the vote.<ref name=":05" /> Ancient Rome, according to Ralph Mathisen, author of ''Ancient Roman Civilization: History and Sources,'' made political reforms, such as the introduction of the Council of the Plebs and the tribunes of the plebs. These two political bodies were created to give the plebeians a voice. After the Conflict of the Orders, according to Mathisen, Plebeians were able to rise in politics and become members of the Senate, which previously had been exclusively for patricians.<ref name=":05" />