Before 494 BCE The Plebians were treated un-fairly. They had fewer rights than the patricans. They couldn't hold public ceromonies for the gods, They couldnt marry a patrican, and they couldnt hold public office. In 494 BCE they went on strike. They didn't serve in the army. And when that didnt work they left the city. With nobody do run the shops, small farms, and other jobs like that the city was headed to a down fall. In 494 the Patricans gave them more rights like a tribune and a counsel of plebs. Then the Plebians felt that things were fair.