Roman Government
Executive Branch
-Two consuls vs one president
-1 year term vs 4 year terms
Legislative
-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
-two oversee civil and criminal courts
Legal Code
-Twelve tables
-this was a list of ruls that 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 a lot of 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
Legions
- The roman soldiers were organized into large units called legions
-Legions were made up of 5000 foot soldiers
- a group of calvary would support each legion
- the organization and fighting skill of the roman army were key factors in romes rise to greatness
Expansion
- by fourth century b.c the romans dominated central italy
- the had defeated the etruscans to the north and the greek city states to the south
Treatment
-Latins on the tiber became full citizens
-the territory farther from rome the conquered people were citizens as well but didnt have voting power
-the remaining people became allies
Hannibal was military commander considered one of the greatest in history His father, Hamilcar Barca, was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War, his younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair.
The romans won the war
Carthage spent the years following the war improving its finances and expanding its colonial empire in Hispania under the militaristic Barcid family. Rome's attention was mostly concentrated on the Illyrian Wars. In 219 BC Hannibal, the son of , attacked Saguntum in Hispania, a city allied to Rome, starting the second Punic War.
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