often found it for their interest to side with the patricians, joined
the farmers or lower classes.

Finally, in 367, the Tribunes Licinius and Sextius proposed and passed
the following bills, called the LICINIAN ROGATIONS.

I. To abolish the six military tribunes, and elect annually, as
formerly, two Consuls, choosing one or both of them from the
plebeians.

II. To forbid any citizen's holding more than 500 _jugera_ (300
acres) of the public lands, or feeding thereon more than 100 oxen or
500 sheep.

III. To compel all landlords to employ on their fields a certain
number of free laborers, proportionate to the number of their slaves.

IV. To allow all interest hitherto paid on borrowed money to be
deducted from the principal, and the rest to be paid in three yearly
instalments.

These rogations were a great gain for the poorer classes. It gave them
an opportunity for labor which had previously been performed mostly by
slaves. They were less burdened by debts, and had some prospect of
becoming solvent. But most of all, since the office of Consul was open
to them, they felt that their interests were now more likely to be
protected. The temple of CONCORDIA in the Forum was dedicated by
Camillus as a mark of gratitude for the better times that these
rogations promised.