Before revision: Coriolanus advocated that the provision of grain should be dependent upon the reversal of the pro-plebeian political reforms arising from the First secessio plebis in 494 BC.Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.34 The senate thought Coriolanus' proposal was too harsh.
After revision: Coriolanus advocated that the provision of grain should be provided only upon the reversal of the pro-plebeian political reforms arising from the first secessio plebis in 494 BC.Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.34 The senate thought Coriolanus' proposal was too harsh.