<page_title> List of Roman consuls </page_title> <section_title> 4th century BC (400–301) </section_title> <table> <cell> solitudo magistratuum According to Livy (6.35), the tribunes Gaius Licinius Stolo and Lucius Sextius introduced new laws known as the Lex Licinia Sextia, which provoked strong resistance from the patricians. <col_header> Consul prior </col_header> <col_header> Consul posterior </col_header> </cell> <cell> L. Sextius Sextinus Lateranus (first Plebeian) <col_header> Consul posterior </col_header> </cell> </table>
The tribunes passed the Lex Licinia Sextia, leading to the election of the first plebeian consul.