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The tribune benches were seats on the Forum Romanum where the Tribunes of the Plebs used to sit during the day in order to be there for the Roman citizens. ==Function== The tribune benches represented the typical sitting right of the Roman magistrates. The plebeian tribunes used to sit on the benches during the office hours to do their business.〔Theodor Mommsen: ''Römisches Staatsrecht, Band 2: II. Die einzelnen Magistraturen. Erste Abteilung.'' S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1887, S. 282.〕 Sitting on the tribune benches also was part of their stand-by duty. Due to the publicity of the tribune benches it was easy for the plebs to contact the tribunes. Therefore the roman citizens were easily able to make use of the ''ius auxilii'', the right of help. Because there was no kind of civil service contact points the tribunes usually were contacted personally in case of civil problems. This means that the roman plebs had to visit the tribunes at the tribune benches to ask for their help. The negotiations have been done orally.〔Wolfgang Kunkel, Roland Wittmann: ''Staatsordnung und Staatspraxis der Römischen Republik. Zweiter Abschnitt. Die Magistratur.'' (= Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaften X, Band 3,2,2), C.H. Beck, München 1995, S. 105.〕 Because of the missing writtenness the tribunes and their clients had to be in public when making a deal.〔Tacitus: Annalen 8, 28, 2.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tribune bench」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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