GRST 205 Lecture 12: GRST Lecture 12 Notes

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Colin Ash

Document Summary

Week 7 roman myths: from kings to republic. Early rome, archeology, struggle of orders, roman government system: gibbs pp. Roman kingdom missing this and everything above it. Can get information on grst midterm 2 quizlet. All of the kings, except for romulus (the first king), were elected by the people of rome to serve for life. Distinguishing characteristics of the king: twelve lictors (bodyguards) wielding the fasces (a bound bundle of wooden rods) and bearing axes (an etruscan tradition, the right to sit upon a purple chair, the purple toga picta, red shoes. Chief executive: imperium absolute power and command, never allowed to be questioned or put into court. Election of the kings: whenever a king died, rome entered a period of interregnum. Romulus established the senate after he founded rome. The senate was composed of 300 senators 100 from each of the three tribes: the latins, sabils and the etruscans.