More Notes on Rome
- When people moved into Italy they had almost the same resources that Greece had
- The Romans imitated Greeks way of living and improved on it
- First people to settle in Italy was the Latin's and they settled on the Tiber river
- Other groups to settle was the Etruscans and the Greeks
- The king was advised by a council of elders called the senate in early Roman government
- The senate was made up of elderly rich men
- the king decided who was a member of his senate
- Around 500 B.C. Rome overthrew the monarchy government and formed the Republican Government
- The Republic was a mixture of a democracy and an oligarchy, citizens elected representatives to make decisions for them
- Patricians were rich aristocrats, Plebeians were the common people
- Plebeians were workers, artisans, and farmers. Some were pretty rich but they didn't have a connection to all the power
- In the Republic most things were run by the senate which was an assembly of many rich patrician families. Among the senate there were two consuls which were kind of like two presidents, they could veto each others decisions.
- The consuls served for 1 year and then had to run for office again
- When there was a huge crisis they gave all the power and decision making to one dictator for six months max
- In 450 B.C. according to the plebeians demand the laws were set into twelve slabs of stone called the twelve tables and were set in the middle of the public square
- As the plebeians grew richer and more powerful they began electing their own representatives called tribunes, these tribunes were able to take part with the government and represent the common people
- The tribunes could veto the senate's decisions
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