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Roman Republic

Roman Republic . Conflict of Orders. Engineering an Empire – Rome 2 of 10. Activation. Read The Early Roman Republic on page 151-152. Create a chart on the 3 main parts of the government. Roman Republic. Work. Most influential and powerful Controlled the public funds

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Roman Republic

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  1. Roman Republic Conflict of Orders

  2. Engineering an Empire – Rome 2 of 10 Activation

  3. Read The Early Roman Republic on page 151-152. • Create a chart on the 3 main parts of the government. Roman Republic Work

  4. Most influential and powerful • Controlled the public funds • Decided foreign policy • In an emergency, they could appoint a dictator • The dictator would be in complete command over the army and courts Senate

  5. Elected officials • Consuls (chief executives) ran the government • Commanded the army • Could appoint dictators • had a veto (I forbid) • checks & balances (too powerful) • praetors • helped consuls • in time of war, commanded armies • peacetime, oversaw the Roman legal system • Censors • Registered citizens according to wealth • Appointed candidates to the Senate • Oversaw the moral conduct of all citizens • Became very powerful Magistrates

  6. Voted on laws • Elected officials • Some voted on war and peace • Others served as courts • 10 Tribunes were elected • If actions not in public interest, they could refuse them Assemblies

  7. The types of people who served as officials in the Roman government changed over time. These changes stemmed from the attempts of common people to win more rights. The struggles become known as the Conflict of the Orders. The Conflict of the Orders

  8. Patricians • Powerful landowners who controlled the gov’t and plebians • Plebians • Made up of most of the population • Mainly workers and farmers • For many years, Plebians had few rights • Could vote but barred from holding most public office • Could not even know Roman laws because the laws were not written down The Conflict of the Orders

  9. OVERTIME: • INCREASED THEIR POWER • THROUGH demand and strikes • Gained right to join the army • Could hold gov’t office • Form their own assembly and elect tribunes • Forced the gov’t to write down the laws of the Roman republic • 450BC—Romans engraved their laws on tablets called the Twelve Tables. Their laws placed in the Forum, the chief public square, for all to view. Plebians

  10. The years of the Roman Republic were not a time of peace… • 200+ years after republic was founded—Romans fought many wars… • Every adult male citizen who owned land was required by law to serve in the Roman army. • The major unit of the army was the legion, consisting of from 4,500 to 6000 citizens called legionaires. • Later, Romans established the auxilia, (units made up of non-citizens) The Republic Grows

  11. Romans wanted the people they conquered to be loyal to Rome, the Romans granted full citizenship to the habitants of nearby Italian cities. They granted partial citizenship to the people of more distant cities, including the Greek city-states in Italy. Although partial citizens could own property and marry, under Roman law they could not vote. The Republic Grows

  12. Romans expected conquered peoples to provide land for Roman farmers. This land policy helped the Romans to maintain control over conquered areas. It also led to the spread of the Latin language, Roman law, and other aspects of Roman culture throughout Italy. The Republic Grows

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