two consuls vs one president, 1 year term vs 4 year term
Senate-
- high social and economic status
- serve for life
- advises consuls
Tribal Assembly-
- ordinary citizens
- serve for life
- makes laws
8 judges, 1 year by the Centuriate Assembly, Two oversee civil and criminal courts
Twelve tables- list of rules that was the Supreme law of the land rome. in america, this is equal ot the Constitution
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 of military service
by fourth century BC, the romans dominated central Italy
latins on the tiber became full citizens,
the roman soldiers were organized into large military units called legions, legions were made up of 5,000 foot soldiers
Punic Wars- fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC, Carthage was a large city located on the coast of modern Tunisia, Rome won, each victory gained Rome more land
King Pyrrhus- The King of Epirus who won a battle but might as well have lost
Livy- The historian who writes about the story of Cincinnatus
Cicero- The first-century BC politician and writer
Hannibal- for carthage, defeated the Roman legions in several major engagements, including the Battle of the Trebia, the Battle of Lake Trasimene and most famously at the Battle of Cannae, but his long-term strategy failed
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