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  • legislative
  • senate
    • high social and economical status
    • serve for life
    • advises consuls
  • centuriate assembly
    • soldiers only
  • tribal assembly
    • ordinary citizens
    • serve for life
    • makes laws

judicial

  • 8 judges
  • 1 year by centuriate assembly
  • 2 oversee civil and criminal courts

legal code

  • twelve tables
    • list of rules that was supreme law of the land in rome
    • equivalent to constitution in US

army

  • along wit their gov, romans took pride in their military
  • all land owning men were required to serve in army
  • some of the high public office positions required 10 years of military service

legions

  • organized army int large units called legions
  • made of 5,000 foot soldiers
  • a group of cavalry would support each legion
  • organization and fighting skill of roman army were key to romes rise to greatness

expansion

  • by forth century bc, romans domonated central italy
  • defeated etruscans to the north and greek city states to the south

treatment of conquered

  • latins on tiber became full citizens
  • in territory farther from rome, conquered people were citizens, but didnt have voting power
  • remaning people became allies of rome

 

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