HIST 2850 Lecture 13: Lecture 13 - Republican Rome
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Checks and balances 509 to prevent people from holding too much power because they were that afraid of the power of the kings allowed certain emergency protocols (dictators) Lucius quinctius cincinnatus a retired farmer during the 5th century bc. Rome was ghting aequians and their army was completely destroyed the aequians were marching on rome so they wanted to call on a dictator. Cincinnatus reluctantly agrees and defeats the aequians then returned the fasces (the power) and restored the republic this was the design for the entire structure. Samnite wars (343-290 bc) the major di erences between the romans and the spartans is that the romans, instead of enslaving the people they conquered, integrated the people into their own borders eventually would become citizens of rome. Pyrrhus, the king, called upon the oracle who said aio the, aeacide, romanos vincere posse (grammatically means you will defeat the romans, or also the romans will defeat you), and went o to war.
