First romans were the latins greeks esrscans they built the original settlement at rome was cluster of wooden huts on one of the seven hills. Estuctans were native to northern ital good metal workers very influential in rome they adaoted there architechure. Republic is a form of government in which the citizens who have the right to vote for leaders. In rome voting righs was granted only to free born adult males landowning. Patricians the wealthy landowners had most of the power plebians the common person but could still vote usually farmers and merchants. The patricians inherited there power they claimed there right to vote the barred plebians form holding high offices in governmetn. in time the leaders of rome allowed plebians to form there own assembly and elect there own representitives called tribunes.
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