▁Trib unes ▁were ▁rever ed , ▁and ▁ple be ians ▁sw ore ▁an ▁o ath ▁to ▁take ▁ven ge ance ▁on ▁anyone ▁who ▁would ▁bring ▁them ▁harm . ▁Over ▁time , ▁the ▁Con cil ium ▁Ple bis ▁became ▁the ▁most ▁effective ▁medium ▁of ▁legisl ation ▁in ▁the ▁Republic , ▁until ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁Sul la ’ s ▁measures ▁in ▁ 8 8 ▁BC . ▁ ▁Trib une ▁of ▁the ▁Ple bs ▁ ▁The ▁Trib unes ▁of ▁the ▁Ple bs ▁were ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁Ple be ian ▁Council . ▁At ▁first , ▁only ▁ 2 ▁to ▁ 5 ▁Trib unes ▁were ▁elected ▁until ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁was ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 4 5 7 ▁BC . ▁They ▁served ▁as ▁sp okes people ▁for ▁the ▁ple be ians ▁of ▁Rome , ▁with ▁a ▁purpose ▁of ▁protect ing ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁ple be ians ▁against ▁pat ric ian ▁supre m acy . ▁The ▁Trib unes ▁could ▁call ▁meet ings ▁of ▁the ▁council ▁over ▁which ▁they ▁pres ided . ▁ ▁Since ▁ple be ians ▁were ▁not ▁able ▁to ▁take ▁political ▁actions ▁themselves , ▁the ▁Trib unes ▁had ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁make ▁last ing ▁impact s ▁through ▁their ▁political ▁office . ▁Trib unes ▁were ▁responsible ▁for ▁organ izing ▁support ▁for ▁legisl ation , ▁organ izing ▁cont iones , ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁disc ourse ▁or ▁assembly , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁pro sec ute ▁crim inals ▁before ▁the ▁council . ▁Their ▁position ▁as ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁Ple be ian ▁Council ▁gave ▁the ▁Trib unes ▁great ▁control ▁over