CLST 101 Lecture : January 10, 2013- The Republic.docx
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Lucretia was the wife of tarquinius collatinus. She was raped by sextus tarquinius, the son of tarquinius superbus, as he had fell in love with her. After the rape she made the decision to commit suicide. Before she went through with it she asked her father and lucius junius. They fought against the tarquinius", and the king and his family had to leave. Romans rebelled against the idea of having one person rule (monarchy) around the same time greeks overthrew tyranny. Two consuls: elected by an assembly of roman peoples. Dictator created around 501 bce: had absolute power, was in office for only 6 months, and usually in charge only during emergencies. Decemuiri board of 10 men: created in the middle of the 5th century bce, created the first code of law in rome. Each table had to do with a specific area (ex.