Transcript At its greatest extent it covered modern day…

Rome AD 192
Where: At its greatest extent it covered modern day…
France
Spain
Portugal
Germany
much of Britain
North Africa
and southwestern Asia
Here is a comparison from your book of early Rome and later Rome
c. 265 BCE (dark purple) and 117 CE (light purple)
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When:
Roughly, Mid 700’s BCE (to 476 CE)
Who:
Three Groups of people:
Latins – settled near the middle of the
peninsula
Greeks – to the south
Etruscans – to the north (the Etruscans gave
Romans the arch)
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What happened:
•
Etruscan kings take
power in 600’s
•
By 509 Roman people
remove their last king, a
tyrant named Tarquin the
Proud
•
It is at this time Rome
became a republic (our type
of government)
•
So, the period of Roman
Republic and Empire is
roughly 500 BCE to 500 CE
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What is a republic?
Citizens can vote for elected representatives
These representatives make laws and run
the republic
They do this in a place called the senate
(just like in our US government)
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People of Rome
Basically three classes of people:
1) Patricians
2) Plebeians
3) Slaves
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Patricians:
Upper Class
Landowners
Inherited Power
Made the decisions
Allowed to run for and hold office
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Plebeians:
Working Class
Usually artisans, farmers , merchants,
etc.
Had some power (the right to vote)
At first were not allowed to run for
office
Far outnumbered the patricians
Question
Given a choice between our
Patricians and Plebeians
who do you think holds the
most power?
If you guessed
Patricians
You are right!
Basic Government Set Up Around
509 B.C
Consul (2)
Senate (300)
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Who runs the Senate?
Two representatives called Consuls
Consuls work together (like co-presidents
maybe?) for a term of one year
One consul runs the government and people
The other would take charge of the military
Both were elected and therefore answered
to the senate
You will serve but not represent!
I don’t know we just
go where the consuls
tell us.
Why are
we
fighting
again?
So not fair, we
should have a
say in things!
Conflict of Orders
(conflict between the two classes)
494 B.C.- Plebeians marched
out of city
Why would that be an issue?
What came of it
Tribunes- 2 (grew to 10) spoke for
plebeians in Senate.
Veto- right to override a decision.
Council of Plebs- could make laws in
regards to Plebs only.
Still had little power and laws were not written
down? Do laws need to be written down?
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The Twelve Tables:
451 BCE
Another step towards equality
Tribunes write down laws
Laws carved on twelve tablets that
become known as the Twelve Tables
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Twelve Tables become
basis for later Roman
Law
Establish the idea that all
citizens have rights to
protection under law.
Now the laws are written Plebeians
continue to gain rights
367 B.C. – One of the two councils had to
be plebeian.
287B.C.- Plebeians can pass laws for all
citizens. Eventually could be elected into
Senate
Basic Government Set Up 200
years or so later (from 509 setup)
Consuls(2)
Senators (300)
Tribunes(10)
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This system of government lasted
for almost five hundred years
But by 60 BCE trouble was
brewin’….