# First Secession of the Plebs (-494)

URL: https://roman-history.com/timeline/-494-first-secession-of-the-plebs
Location: Rome
Categories: politics

Tradition holds that plebeian citizens withdrew from the city and secured representatives known as tribunes.

## Why it matters
The tribunate became a major check within the republican constitution.

Ruler at the time: [Roman Republic](https://roman-history.com/rulers/roman-republic)