Roman Government and Military
Roman Goverment
Executive Branch
- Two consuls vs one president
- 1 year vs 4 year Legislative Branch
Senate
- High social and economic status
- Serve for life
- Advise consuls
- Centuriate Assembly
- Soldiers only
- Chose consuls
Tribal Assembly
- Serve for life.
- Ordinary citizens
- Makes laws
Judicial
- 8 judges
- 1 year by the Centuriate Assembly
- Two oversee civil and criminal courts (the other goven provences
Legal Code
- Twelve Tables- list of rules that waas 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 of military service.
Legions
- The Roman soldiers were organized into large military units call legions.
- Legions were made up of 5,000 foot soldiers.
- A group of cavalry would support each legion.
- The military organization and fighting skill of the Roman army were key factors in Rome's rise to greatness.
Expansion
- 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
Treatment
- Latins on the Tiber became full citizens.
- In territor farther from Rome, the conquered people were citizens as well but didn't have voting power.
- The remaining people became "allies" of Rome.
Research:
Punic Wars was between Carthage and Rome. This lasted almost a century! That means this ward almost lasted 100 years! The war began around 264 B.C. and finally ended in 146 B.C. There was three wars. After all three wars the Romes ended up winning the Punic Wars. The Carthaginians surrended in the third war resulting in the war being over. After the wars Rome became the dominant naval power in the Mediterranean. Both countries were finacially exhausted. The main key players was Hannibal for Carthage and Scipio for Rome.
Hannibal was the military commander during the Punic Wars. Unfortunately, he lost all three wars. He is actually considered one of the greatest military commanders in the history of the world! His death is unknown, but his death was somewhere between 183 and 181 B.C. He committed suicide by drinking poison in a ring that he had.
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