The storming of the United States Capitol was a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress on January 6, 2021, carried out by a mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in an attempt to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.[2] After attending a Trump rally, thousands[32] of his supporters marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Many stormed the building to disrupt the Electoral College vote count by a joint session of Congress, attempting to prevent the formalization of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.[33][34] Breaching police perimeters, rioters then occupied, vandalized,[35][36] and looted[37] parts of the building for several hours.[38][39][40] The riot led to the evacuation and lockdown of the Capitol.[41][42]
2. Plebeians would have objected to this expan- sion because they had to serve in the army. Defeated people would have objected because they had to serve in the army, pay Roman taxes, and couldn't always become Roman citizens.
