So after reading more into the ancient Greeks, specifically the establishment of democracy in Athens, I see a lot of parallels to the establishment of the republic in Rome after overthrowing Tarquinius Superbus.
Hippias was overthrown with the help of the Spartan King Kleomenes, and the two main aristocratic factions in Athens, lead by Isagorus and Kleithenes, had a feud leading to Kleomenes establishing Isagorus and his supporters as the rulers of Athens. After being ordered to be disbanded, the Athenian council refused and called on the people to rise up against Kleomenes and Isagorus. They were forced to barricade themselves up in the akropolis, and eventually slip away. Kleisthenes returned, and enacted his reforms, beginning Athenian democracy (bad summary I know, but hopefully it got the point across).
So what if, something similar happens in Rome: After overthrowing Tarquinius Superbus, the aristocrats start feuding, and one of the patricians with a sizeable amount of followers, tries to establish himself as the head of the Roman government. The rest of the patricians call on the people to overthrow him and his supporters-an influential patrician with similar views as Kleisthenes enacts democratic reforms similar to those in Athens.
Alternatively, I imagine another POD for achieving the same ends would be to have the secession of the Plebs turn into a full blown revolt, and they expel the patricians, establishing some sort of Athens esque democracy.
Thoughts? (I may have spelled some of the names wrong).
Hippias was overthrown with the help of the Spartan King Kleomenes, and the two main aristocratic factions in Athens, lead by Isagorus and Kleithenes, had a feud leading to Kleomenes establishing Isagorus and his supporters as the rulers of Athens. After being ordered to be disbanded, the Athenian council refused and called on the people to rise up against Kleomenes and Isagorus. They were forced to barricade themselves up in the akropolis, and eventually slip away. Kleisthenes returned, and enacted his reforms, beginning Athenian democracy (bad summary I know, but hopefully it got the point across).
So what if, something similar happens in Rome: After overthrowing Tarquinius Superbus, the aristocrats start feuding, and one of the patricians with a sizeable amount of followers, tries to establish himself as the head of the Roman government. The rest of the patricians call on the people to overthrow him and his supporters-an influential patrician with similar views as Kleisthenes enacts democratic reforms similar to those in Athens.
Alternatively, I imagine another POD for achieving the same ends would be to have the secession of the Plebs turn into a full blown revolt, and they expel the patricians, establishing some sort of Athens esque democracy.
Thoughts? (I may have spelled some of the names wrong).