HIST 1001 Lecture 5: Rise of Rome, Republic, and Empire
19 Apr 2016
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Had contact with the greeks and carthaginians. Republic (latin res publica > of public concern ) Wealthy commoners advocated for change and rights. Right to marry patricians, hold roman offices, have laws passed by plebeians applied to patricians. Balance between: one or more powerful men wielding executive authority, the senate (several hundred male citizens, originally patricians, later both, the ordinary people, the army. Came from senatus populesque romana (spqr the senate and the people of rome ) Spqr marched into wars, printed on the sewers. Informal body, developed form a council of elders who had advised the etruscan kings. Role was purely advisory, but the 300 members from powerful families represented power. Plebeians passed laws during popular assembly for all citizens. Etruscan kings had the power to enforce physical punishment on any citizen. A bundle of wooden rods (beating with a rod) and an axe (beheading) Power had to be granted by the people, wielded by executive officers.
