And even if I was I would want it to be for a good reason. That 's really just my opinion because if I was in charge of someone else 's life or everyone 's life on earth then if I was them I would want to know that they can protect me. Their was only ten Roman tribunes in Rome. They worked throughout the Roman republic. Before the Romans became a republic they were ruled by kings. The people of Rome did not like this because the Kings were foreign and the people of Rome hated the idea of someone ruling over them. Telling them what they can and cannot do. The people of Rome threatened to leave Rome, so they created a group called the tribunes. When they first created the group there was only two tribunes, but eventually that number grew into ten. The tribunes had power over the law and people of …show more content…
The third and highest rank is the tribunus cohortis urbanae this person was commander over everything. You could not be a Roman tribune unless you served in the Roman Cavalry for at least five years. Now let 's talk about what they wore. They had a different outfit from the rest of the soldiers obviously. They wore the same basic armor but is was a different color to symbolize that they are a tribune. Something that was different from all of them is the Roman tribunes wore a red cloak with their armor that was usually pinned to the right shoulder with an clasp. (“Roman tribune”, www.tribunesandtriumps.org). In the fifth century there were two different groups of people there was the poor and the the rich. The poor had to appeal decisions from the senate. The rich were supposed to be in battle and pay taxes. The only difference was they could not vote on decisions about war and peace or decide how Rome spends their money. The emperor of Rome in 27 bc-14bc founded the tribune and made himself a permanent member of the group. The people that were in the tribune would only serve one year then move up to the next rank or leave the tribune. They would usually be 25- 26 years old when they joined the