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Essential Questions Describe the social structure of Rome.
What is the difference between the Centuriate and Tribal Assemblies?
What were the Twelve Tables?
What was the major result of the Punic Wars?
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Roman Republic
Ancient Rome Notes
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Republic (“public affairs”)A form of
government in which power rest with citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders
Citizenship with voting rights was granted only to free-born citizens
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Patricians rich landowners who inherited their power and social status; held most of the power in Rome
Plebeians commoners, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population; citizens who could vote, could not hold important government positions
Slaves captured peoples during the wars; made to work on the latifundia, huge estates; were one-third of the population
Social Structure
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Patricians Slaves Plebeians
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Patricians and plebeians were both considered citizens, however voting rights were granted only to free-born male citizens
Slaves in Rome were not considered citizens and had no rights in the government
Citizenship
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Two Consuls similar to kings, they commanded the army and
directed the governmentpower was limited because their term was only
one year long and the a consul could not be re-elected for ten years
one consul could always override, or veto, the other’s decisions
Features of Democracy (Executive)
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Senate 300 members, chosen from the upper class of Roman society, later plebeians were allowed in the senate; membership was for life control foreign and financial policies, advises consuls
Centuriate Assembly all citizen-soldiers were members; a patrician-controlled assembly appointed the consuls and made laws; it had less power than the Senate
Tribal Assembly an assembly organized by the plebeians; elected the tribunes and made laws for the common people; later it won the right to make laws for the republic
Features of Democracy (Legislative)
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Legal Code plebeians forced the creation of a written law code; the laws were carved on twelve tablets, or table and hung in the Forum; the Twelve Tables established the idea that all free citizens had a right to the protection of the law
Features of Democracy
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The Punic Wars
Ancient Rome Notes
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Hannibal (Carthage) assembled an army of 50,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry, and 60 elephants with the intent of capturing Rome
to surprise the Romans, Hannibal led his Carthaginian army on a long trek from Spain across France and through the Alps
A Daring Expedition
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invaded northern Italy and lived off the land
killed huge numbers of Romans in the Second Punic War and won his greatest victory at Cannae
were stopped from capturing Rome
Battle for Italy
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killed during the Second Punic War
left the Carthage warriors with no leader and led to their loss at Zama
Roman general, Scipio, led the attack
Death of Hannibal
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during the Third Punic War, Carthage was no longer a threat to Rome, but Rome wanted to revenge all their deaths in Italy during the First Punic War
Romans set the city on fire and sold 50,000 citizens into slavery
Carthage Destroyed
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Spread Greco-Roman culture conquered Greece & Macedonia
Expanded tradeChanged the character of the Roman army
guard large territoryCreated great wealth
Rome Conquers Eastern Med.