Immediately after the fall of the royal power in Rome, an estate struggle begins between patricians and plebeians. Either calming down, then flaring up with renewed vigor, it lasted more than 2 centuries. Political equality, agrarian and debt problems - these were the three issues around which there was a struggle. As a result of this struggle, by the beginning of the III century. BC. practically all goals were achieved by the plebeians and a single equal Roman community was formed — civitas.