After a plebeian rebellion in the early fifth century B.C.E.:
A) social divisions between patricians and plebeians were abolished.
B) the patricians accepted the elected tribunes and written laws.
C) Livy wrote a history from the plebs's point of view.
D) the chief conspirators were arrested and exiled to Africa.
E) the plebeians were expelled from Rome and the patricians assumed total control.

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The rebellion led to the increase in the power of the plebeians, and the patricians eventually accepted the establishment of the office of the elected tribunes and the written laws, which increased the representation and protection of the plebeians. Thus, social divisions between patricians and plebeians were not abolished, but their relationship became more balanced. Livy's history was written much later, in the first century B.C.E., and there is no evidence that the chief conspirators were exiled to Africa or that the plebeians were expelled from Rome.

After a Plebeian Rebellion in the Early Fifth Century B