HISB11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 18 Months, Roman Citizenship, Sacred Fire Of Vesta
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X gentes (clans, those who belong to the same clan are of same blood) Basic principle: organisation went from blood, to wealth. Census: centuriae (by wealth, tribes (urban, rural) Aim was to include more people: immigrants who were not blood, better distribution of power, bigger army recruitment pool. But : richest (patricians) have more centuriae and therefore more votes. Rome in the 5th 4th century bce. Tradition: king = tarquinius superbus (etruscan, rape of lucretia (roman, wife of collatinus) by tarquinius" son, sextus. Tarquins expelled from rome: ~508 bce, tarquinius unsuccessful attempts to come back, foundation of the republic. What we know, end of 6th century bce: decline of etruscan power, awakening of latin peoples, rising of roman aristocracy against foreign domination. Between 504 475 bce, magistrate rules state. Republic = resistance to tyranny and monarchy + shared power between the elite. Magistracies: elective (centuriate assemblies) + collegial + annual = power more equally shared between the rich and powerful.
