> nothing that would help me believe that slavery is the thing that ended secessio plebis. It's like saying that steam machine and industrial revolution bancru

> nothing that would help me believe that slavery is the thing that ended secessio plebis. It's like saying that steam machine and industrial revolution bancrupted landowning class and abolished serfdom in Eastern Europe in XIX century.. It is perhaps true but it is also complex, multidimensional dynamics.