| As a result, bullfighting was left to the plebeians who in turn enthusiastically took up to its practice, and took it to heart as a symbol of something genuinely Spanish. |
| Until the 2nd century BC, the curule aedileships rotated on a yearly basis between patricians and plebeians. |
| In 494 B.C., the plebeians threatened to leave Rome and set up their own independent state. |
| Even the plebeians are people and should not be spurned or provoked. |
| For example, historians of the boulevard theater have seen the elite jostle plebeians. |
| They tended to be quite popular with the plebeians, though the patricians were known to get very jealous. |
