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relationship with the different classes
relationship with the plebs
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Grain and food
-2
/
3
of plebs were recipients of the grain dole
-revised the number of recipients from
250k
to
200k
-built
granaries
-improved
insurance
of grain ships so they could sail in
bad
weather
-res gestae = provided grain at my
own
cost and by my
own
efforts
Largesse (donations of money)
-used his
personal
wealth to donate largesse to the
plebs
several times
-res gestae =
several
occasions e.g. paid out 400 sesterces as a largesse to
each
man
Games (plebs)
-
gladiatorial
games,
beast
hunts etc
-successful at
entertaining
the masses
-Suetonius = no magistrate ever provided so
many
Work
-extensive public work schemes which helped provide
jobs
-res gestae
82
temples restored
Libertini (freed men)
-set
limits
on the number of slaves who could receive
manumission
(set free)
-placed
a
tax on manumission to
limit
numbers
safety
-height
restriction
on building to reduce impact of
fires
and collapsing houses
-introduced
vigiles
in
6AD
whose job was to fight fires and patrol the streets
-bannned
collegias
to reduce gang
violence
political power
-reduced
power of plebeian assembly over time and their right to
influence
big decision making
-made senate
more
powerful by allowing senatus consultam to become
law