The got one of the two annual consuls, and as ex-consuls movedinto the Senate, they gained an increasing share of it. They alsoset up an assembly of the plebs which they elected, and thenestablished 10 annual tribunes of the plebs, who could vetolegislation and introduce legislation into the senate. These alsobecame senators after their year, so the plebeian share continuedto grow, eventually outnumbering the patricians..