rome: the eternal city
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Rome: The Eternal City . The Founding. 753 BC: Rome is founded on the Italian Peninsula in a region called Latium Rome is founded on Seven Hills: Capitoline Hill is the most important 650 BC: The Etruscans gain control of Rome - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ROME: THE ETERNAL CITY
The Founding
753 BC: Rome is founded on the Italian Peninsula in a region called Latium Rome is founded on Seven Hills:
Capitoline Hill is the most important
650 BC: The Etruscans gain control of Rome
509 BC: The last Etruscan king is expelled and Rome forms a republic
Republican Government
REPUBLIC: a system of government where the people have control over the state
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT: a system of government where the people ELECT or choose representatives to carry out their wishes Rome is the first example of republican
government in history!
The Senate of Rome
The Senate
300 landowners who advised public officials and served for life
From the Latin SENEX: meaning “old man,” senators were to be wise in their counsel
SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus – The Senate and People of Rome
Class Warfare
Patricians Plebeians Great landowners of
the ruling class They could be
consuls, senators Had the right to vote
Small farmers, craftspeople, merchants
Had the right to vote Formed the basis of the
army 287 BC: All citizens
(including the plebs) were equal under the law Basis of the U.S.
Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment
Government Offices
Consuls: 2 elected for one year, executive officers who led the army
Praetors: elected for one year, responsible for administration of laws
Senate: the ruling body of Rome
Council of the Plebs: passes laws binding on all citizens beginning in 287 BC, led by the Tribunes of the Plebs