The relationship between the Dictator and the Tribunes of the Plebs is not entirely certain.

They wished to limit the power of the popular assemblies and the Tribunes of the Plebs, and to extend the power of the Senate, which was viewed as more dedicated to the interests of the aristocrats who held the reins of power.

They were created in the same year as the Tribunes of the People ( 494 BC ).

The Plebeian Tribunes were the only magistrates independent of the Dictator, and so with his protection, Minucius was relatively safe.

Tribunes were required to be plebeians, and until 421 BC this was the only office open to them.

Both were replaced by Jane Hirt, who previously had been the editor of the Tribunes RedEye tabloid.

These actions violated Octavius ' right of sacrosanctity and worried Tiberius ' supporters, and so instead of moving to depose him, Tiberius commenced to use his veto on daily ceremonial rites in which Tribunes were asked if they would allow for key public buildings, for example the markets and the temples, to be opened.

Consequently, the Tribunes Marcus Fundanius and Lucius Valerius thought it was time to propose the abolition of the Oppian law ; but they were opposed by their colleagues, Tribunes Marcus Junius Brutus and Titus Junius Brutus.

Tribunes were legally immune to arrest or threat, and the lives and property of those who violated this law were forfeit to Ceres.

The Senate then voted that Julius Caesar ( still in Gaul ) be removed from power in favor of Pompey, but the Tribunes were able to block this decree.

* Tribounos – translation of Latin tribune ; responsible for maintenance of roads, monuments, and buildings in Constantinople ( which were the responsibility of the Aedile, not the Tribunes in earlier Latin speaking times.

H. Allen Smith's first humor book, Low Man on a Totem Pole ( 1941 ) and his two following books were so popular during World War II that they kept Smith on the New York Herald Tribunes Best Seller List for 100 weeks and prompted a collection of all three in 3 Smiths in the Wind ( 1946 ).

The Tribunes were given two assistants, called Plebeian Aediles ( aediles plebi ).

Neither Tribunes nor Aediles were technically magistrates, since they were both elected solely by the Plebeians, rather than by both the Plebeians and the Patricians.

These individuals, the so-called Consular Tribunes (" Military Tribunes with Consular powers " or tribuni militares consulari potestate ) were elected by the Century Assembly ( the assembly of soldiers ), and the senate had the power to veto any such election.

Before these laws were passed, Tribunes could only interpose the sacrosanctity of their person ( intercessio ) to veto acts of the senate, assemblies, or magistrates.

As the Tribunes and the senators grew closer, Plebeian senators were often able to secure the Tribunate for members of their own families.

However, Pompey and Crassus publicly supported Caesar ’ s bill, and the opposition to Bibulus was such, especially after he told the voters that he did not care about what they wanted that his Tribunes were unwilling to veto the bill.

The regimental commanders, the Tribunes, were already converging on the Praetorium.

The line Tribunes were commanders of Cohortes and were approximately the equivalent of colonels.

Tribunes were elected by open ballot and, thus, this limited measure of democracy was corrupted by vote buying.

Tribunes could also be appointed by the consuls or by military commanders in the field as necessary.

The latter, however, was essentially divided into the aristocratic Senate, whose will was executed by the consuls and praetors, and the comitia centuriāta, " committee of the centuries ", whose will came to be safeguarded by the Tribunes.

It should therefore not be viewed as the final triumph of democracy over aristocracy, since, through the Tribunes, the senate could still control the Plebeian Council.

The Chicago Tribunes Sid Smith found the film to be " pretty lousy, despite a wealth of impressive special effects that end with an image of a completely demolished Chicago skyline.

Even after it lost its powers, the Curiate Assembly continued to be presided over by Consuls and Praetors, and was subject to obstruction by Roman Magistrates ( especially Plebeian Tribunes ) and unfavorable omens ( as were the other assemblies ).

This law should not be viewed as the final triumph of democracy over aristocracy, since, through its close relations with the Plebeian Tribunes, the senate could still control the Plebeian Council.

The choice whether a collegium of Consular Tribunes or consuls were to be elected for a given year was made by senatus consultum, thereby ( according to Livy ) accounting for the periods of either office interspersed with the other.

Tribunes could use their sacrosanctity to order the use of capital punishment against any person who interfered with their duties.

Tribunes could also use their sacrosanctity as protection when physically manhandling an individual, such as when arresting someone.

The Plebeians named these new officials Plebeian Tribunes ( tribuni plebis ), a name they probably took from the military officers (" Military Tribunes " or tribuni militum ) who led them during their secession.

The International Herald Tribunes Mike Zwerin noted the band's style of having " four lead singers, four potential front men "— Imaginates strength was in their collective sound, argued Zwerin.

These Tribunes had the power to veto the laws of the Senate.

The secret to Lord's success, according to the New York Herald Tribunes critic Stanley Walker, was that he used " a kind of literary pointillism, the arrangement of contrasting bits of fact and emotion in such a fashion that a vividly real impression of an event is conveyed to the reader.

This was followed by The Pilgrims of the Rhine ( 1834 ), The Last Days of Pompeii ( 1834 ), Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes ( 1835 ), and Harold, the Last of the Saxons ( 1848 ).

By extension from the Roman historical experience, some modern politicians have been called " Tribunes of the People.

" The analogy is mostly with the original function of the Tribunes as champions of the downtrodden and disadvantaged in Roman society, rather than with the later technical Roman governmental usage giving legitimacy to Imperial power.

Besides Shakespeare, he also translated a number of other works from English into Japanese, including Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor and Bulwer-Lytton's novel Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes.

In 1863 he was assigned to teach a University course of history, on the subject „ About the History of the Roman Republic from the Introduction of Plebeian Tribunes until the Death of Julius Caesar Especially Regarding the Economical and Political Progress ”.

Upon his arrival in Rome, Jugurtha bribed two Roman Tribunes who in turn protected him and prevented him from testifying.

The tribuni militum consulari potestate (" military tribunes with consular authority "), in English commonly also Consular Tribunes, were tribunes elected with consular power during the so-called " Conflict of the Orders " in the Roman Republic, starting in 444 BC and then continuously from 408 BC to 394 BC and again from 391 BC to 367 BC.