CLAS 1P92 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jugerum, Palatine Hill, Socii
26 Jan 2016
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509 bc, last king was expelled from rome because he raped an important woman. Romulus populated city using thieves and runaway slaves and snatching women from neighbouring villages non hereditary ruling kingship for 2. 5 centuries with 6 other kings: most were etruscan which explains the influence of etruscan influence. See class notes for government structure senate, popular voting asseblies: combination of monarchic, aristocratic, and democratic elements represented by consuls, At start, access to magistrates and priesthoods only for patricians. As a result, plebs began protesting the inequality. Struggle of the orders: made incremental legal gain at expense of patricians privileges. 494 bc, established their own voting assembly: elected own officers to protect them from treatment by patricians. 367 bc, wealthy plebs allowed to be consuls: lex licinia sextia. Middle republic 287 bc-133bc characterized by foreign wars and territorial expansion beyond iberian peninsula by late 270s bc, rome was undisputed power in italy.
