Today we are taking notes
- Roman government and Military
- Executive had 2 consuls vs one president
- 1year term vs 4 year term
- Legistlative
- Senate
- high social and economic status
- serve for life
- advises consuls
- Centuriate Assembly
- soldiers only
- chose consuls
- serve for life
- Tribal Assembly
- ordinary citizens
- serve for life
- makes laws
- Judicial
- 8 judges
- 1 year by the centuriate assembly
- tow oversee civil and criminal courts (the others govern provinces)
- Legal Code
- Twelve Tables
- this was a list of rules hat was the supreme law of the land in Rome
- In America this is equal to the constitution
- Army
- Along with their government, the Romans also took great pride in their military as well
- All men who owned land were required to serve in the army
- Some of the high public office positions required 10 years if military service
- The Roman soldiers were organized into large military units called legions
- Legions are made up of 5,000 foot soldiers
- A group of cavalary would support each legion
- The military organization and fighting skill of the Roman army were key factors in Rome's rise to greatness
- By fourth century B.C. the Romans dominated central Italy
- They had defeated the Etruscans to the north and the Greek city-states to the south
- When they conquered they treated them differently
- Latins on the TIber became full citizens
- In territory farther from Rome, the conquered people were citizens as well but didnt have voting power
- The remaining people became "allies" of Rome
Was fought between Rome and Carthage
Seleucid King Antiochus 3rd the Great
Romans won the war
Hannibal was general of Carthage
Seipio African Class was general for Rome
Carthage spent years after the war improving its finances and expanding its colonial empire in Hispania under the militaristic Barcid family
Romans soent their time mostly concentrated on the Illyrian Wars
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