The Tribune of the Plebs, Champion of the People, Public Defender

Gaius Marius was among Rome's weightiest politicians by that point. The office of the Tribune of the plebs has unique powers in Roman politics, he says. Solpicius calls a plebiscite and proposes redistricting voting blocks to give new citizens more influence with their votes. With Marius' constituency showing up at the polls, Solpicius may actually pass this law,. But then the consuls pull out their own trump card: "We have no wild acts for public consumption"