My project examines the political dialogue between the Roman electorate and the socio-political elite (tribunes of the plebs), who were elected to act in accordance with their will. I focus on the basic wants, needs, and emotions of the masses at Rome in order to identify and trace the process through which shared or ‘public’ opinions may have developed. The principal aim is to further the idea that the populace at Rome, both as a whole and as subsections, held common desires, and that these people sought to engage with their ‘representatives’, the tribunes of the plebs, to attain a legislative response. My other research interests include Roman Republican history, Roman Imperial history, Classical historiography, Classical Latin, Political Science.