The plebeians, however, did not stop until all the offices, except
that of _Interrex_, were thrown open to them. First they gained
that of Dictator, then those of Censor and of Praetor, and finally, in
286, by the law of HORTENSIUS, the plebiscita became binding upon all
the people without the sanction of the Senate and Comitia Centuriáta.
After 200 the sacred offices of PONTIFEX and AUGUR also could be
filled by plebeians.

Thus the strife that had lasted for two centuries was virtually ended;
and although the Roman patricians still held aloof from the commons,
yet their rights as citizens were no greater than those of the
plebeians.

To recapitulate:--

Full citizenship comprised four rights, viz.: that of trading and
holding property (COMMERCIUM); that of voting (SUFFRAGIUM); that of
intermarriage (CONNUBIUM); and that of holding office (HONORES).

The first of these rights the plebeians always enjoyed; the second
they obtained in the establishment of the COMITIA TRIBÚTA; the third
by the CANULEIAN BILL; the fourth by the LICINIAN and subsequent
bills.




CHAPTER IX.

EXTERNAL HISTORY.