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\\nWe leave behind the outraged censors of 434 BCE and move forward into some troubled domestic times for Rome. The solution? Fashion, darling. White togas are out, so we suggest you find something appropriate to wear for this one.
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\\nEpisode 132 - The White Album
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\\nProblems Plague the Romans
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\\n433 BCE begins like many other years: irate tribunes, obstinate patricians. However, political disputes come to a screeching halt when an epidemic breaks out. How will Rome handle this crisis? The past decade has not been easy, and now a plague? Perhaps a temple will solve everything.
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\\nImage of the remains of the Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus. Courtesy of Anthony Majanlahti via Flickr.
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\\nThe White Album
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\\nIn 432 BCE, the tribunes of the plebs are feeling well enough to start complaining. Why have no plebeians been elected to office? They pushed for the creation of military tribunes with consular power so that plebeians could hold the most elite positions in the state, but no one is electing them into power.
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\\nThe tribunes decide to put forward a law that would ban the wearing of the toga candida. This garment was an especially white toga, worn by those seeking political office. This is an odd move so early in the Republic, but Livy assures us that the law was passed.
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\\nIs the banning of white togas enough to get a plebeian into power? Join us to find out!
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\\nThings to Listen Our For:
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\\n* The Flaccinator
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\\n* Apollo Medicus
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\\n* Books of prophecy
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\\n* Secret meetings
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\\n* White togas
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\\nLooking to catch up the decade of the 430s and where this chaos all began? Jump back in time to the drama of 439 BCE with Episode 127: The Assassination of Spurius Maelius.
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\\nOur Players 433 BCE
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\\nMilitary Tribunes with Consular Power
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\\n* M. Fabius (Q. f. M. n.) Vibulanus (Pat) Cos. 442
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\\n* M. Folius \\u2013 f. \\u2013 n. Flaccinator (Pat)
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\\n* L. Sergius C. f. C. n. Fidenas (Pat) Cos. 437, 429, Mil. Tr. c. p. 424, 418
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\\nOur Players 432 BCE
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\\nMilitary Tribunes with Consular Power
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\\n* L. Pinarius \\u2013 f. \\u2013 n. Mamercinus (Pat)
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\\n* L. Furius Sp. f. \\u2013 n. Medullinus (Pat) Mil. Tr. c. p. 425, 420
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\\n* Sp. Postumius (Sp.?f. A.? n.) Albus (Regillensis) (Pat)
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\\nOur Sources
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\\n* Dr G reads Diodorus Siculus 12.58.1, 12.60.1
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\\n* Dr Rad reads Livy ab Urbe Condita 4.25.
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\\n* Broughton, T. R. S., Patterson, M. L. 1951. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic Volume 1: 509 B.C. \\u2013 100 B.C. (The American Philological Association)
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\\n* Chase, G. D. 1897. \'The Origin of Roman Praenomina\\u2019 Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 8: 103-184.
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\\n* Cornell, T. J. 1995. The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000-264 BC) (Taylor & Francis)
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