second only to the king, and had the authority to pass law, known as lex tribunicia, and to preside over the comitia curiata. Unless the king himself elected...

order, and lay proposals before it. Ius intercessionis, also called intercessio, the power of the tribunes to intercede on behalf of the plebeians and...

Tribune, the Tribune could interpose the sacrosanctity of his person (intercessio) to physically stop that particular action. Any resistance against the...

patricians. The most fundamental change, however, was the granting of tribunicia potestas (tribunician power) in which tribunes of the plebs could veto...