# Tribune — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/tribune-whe-definition-discussion/4028>\
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**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/tribune-whe-definition-discussion/4028 "2016-12-07T16:59:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/tribune-whe-definition-discussion/4028/1 "2016-12-07T16:59:37Z")

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Tribune was a title of various offices in ancient Rome, the two most important of which were the _tribuni_ _plebis_ and _tribuni_ _militum_. The military tribunes were responsible for many administrative and logistics duties, and could lead a section of a legion under a consul, or even command one alone on the battlefield. The _tribuni_ _plebis_ wielded great political power as they effectively ran the popular assembly of Rome, proposing bills to vote on and able to personally veto senatorial legislation.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Tribune/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tribune/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/tribune-whe-definition-discussion/4028/2 "2026-07-28T23:09:06Z")

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