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The Romans

The Romans. The Prologue. Romans Conquer The Greeks…. And take their best ideas!. Story of Roman Democracy.

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The Romans

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  1. The Romans The Prologue

  2. Romans Conquer The Greeks… And take their best ideas!

  3. Story of Roman Democracy • The CITIZENS of ROME grew tired of living under a RULER and in 509BC the wealthy aristocrats over threw the King (Revolution). They then set up a REPUBLIC where the government rests in the citizens hands…

  4. What Is A Republic? • A REPUBLIC IS… • A Representative System • A Form of Indirect Democracy • We elect leaders to represent us and then run the government for us because we are so busy.

  5. The Power Struggle • Have’s vs. Have not’s, rich vs. poor • Should ancestry determine authority? • Patricians had all the RIGHTS on their side… • Plebians & Slaves struggles for equality • Class struggles EVENTUALLY lead to CIVIL WAR or REFORM?

  6. 12 Tables • Unwritten laws are usually misinterpreted. • 451BC The 12 Tables were publicly displayed in town • All citizens now protected! • Plebian victory 

  7. Republican Government • The Roman Republican Government System • Separate Branches (Separation of Powers) • Two Consuls (General & President) • Senate (Patricians) • Two Assemblies (Plebians) • Dictator (Emergency)

  8. Roman Law • A system of laws (reason & justice) • Equal treatment under the law • Innocent until proven guilty • Burden of proof on the accuser • Unreasonable & unfair laws must be changed

  9. Code of Justinian • Written Legal Code • 500 Roman Laws • No one above the law • “A government of laws, not of men.”

  10. Rome’s Greatest Legacy… Roman Laws

  11. Legacy of the Romans Rome gave the world the idea of the republic, that people were a Citizen of a state, not a subject of a ruler, and “a government of laws, not of men.”

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