Roman Political Rights

In the government of the United States, the president appoints nine judges for life, and being the highest court, they hear civil and criminal appeals cases. The last example of how the Roman Republic contributed to the democratic principle of separation of powers is the Legislative branch. In the Roman Republic, the Legislative branch that consisted of the following: the Senate, 300 aristocrats chosen for life who dealt with foreign and financial policies and advised the consuls; the Centuriate Assembly, where all citizen-soldiers all members for life who make laws and select consuls; and the Tribal Assembly, citizens grouped by where the live who are members for life and elect tribunes and makes laws. This eventually led to the upbuilding of the Legislative branch of the United States government, where we the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate of the United States government is 100 members elected by the people for six year term, during which they make laws and advise the president on foreign policy; the House of Representatives is 435 members elected by the people for two year, and they make laws and originate revenue

By around 500 BC, the new idea of citizenship began to take shape. The people of an empire were no longer referred to as subjects, but as citizens. These people were given certain rights, but along with these rights came responsibilities as well. Although both the Romans and Athenians had citizens, they had different outlooks on what an individual’s right and responsibilities were. Athens’ system for citizenship was better than that of Rome’s because all citizens were given equal right, their government was built by the poor, they protected their democracy.

The consuls were the supreme power of authority with one year terms and could not be elected more than two times in a row and three times total. However, in situations of crisis, the Romans were led by a dictator who had complete power in a six month term. The Republic also had a senate, picked by the two consuls. The senators held their position for life and were responsible for taxes, funding laws, and foreign affairs. Next in line were the assembly, an elected body drawn from the citizens of Rome with two year terms and no term limits. The assembly occasionally made laws that had to be approved by the senate. The common people of Rome were called the Plebeians. The Plebeians served in the army, payed taxes, and had other citizen duties, but were not allowed to hold any important positions in office, unlike the Patricians who had all the rights. The Tribunes represented the voice of the Plebeians and were elected by the Plebeians. There were two Tribunes at a time with one year terms and had the power to veto any law. The Tribunes were “sacred” and left their doors open to the public to speak to them about any problems they might have

When delving deep into the turbulent gears of Roman society throughout the existence of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, you can find many examples of how high-class Romans, or patricians, were expected to act. As common themes across many primary sources cause scholars to wonder if the letters, treatises, and other works written by high class Romans during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire to further euphemize hierarchies or to show morals that ran rampant across the patrician class, theories supporting all sides are able to take root and sprout like many vegetables and fruit for readers to pick and digest. Thus, scholars have a hard time coming up with concrete resources to prove their varying points in the scholarship that is currently available on the subject of Ancient Roman Society.

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The seventh king of Rome - a cruel ruler - became overthrown and was replaced by a government body, which the power was divided into three different branches. These branches, were called the executive, legislative, and the judicial branches. The executive branch was ran by two, male, elected, magistrates call “consuls.” The ones in charge of making laws, were the Roman Assembly and the Roman Senate, they made up the legislative branch. Finally, the judicial branch, was where judges made disputes between the citizens

The ancient Roman republic has three branches. the first branch is the Senate, the senate is a group made up of 300 citizens from Rome's patrician class, the oldest and wealthiest families of Rome. the next branch is the Consul, the consul is the highest elected office. The last branch was the assembly, this branch was a democracy branch.

The Roman Republic’s constitution consisted of three different components: the Consuls/Magistrates, the Senate, and the Assemblies. Consuls were a group of male patricians that directed the military/government, and they were also known as magistrates. The Senate was a group of patricians or wealthy plebeians (also known as “New Men”) that passed new laws, controlled finance, and advised their former peers, the magistrates. Finally, the Assemblies, who will be focused on later, were a group of all adult male Roman citizens (not including slaves) who would elect magistrates, vote on laws, and veto magistrate actions. These groups of people were selected by the majority of people (not including women or

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The Roman Republic let every man vote if he wanted to. Fergus Millar was a British professor and historian at Oxford University. As he stated in The Crowd in the Late Republic , “All men had the right to vote”. The Romans had great power and chose to let the people run the empire. Though many did not vote due to the amount of time it took out of their day. The Roman were very democratic when it comes to the voting system. This quote is

Only the highly educated and wealthy class made up the Senate. The Concilium Plebis only consisted of representatives for the Plebeians, and the Comitia Centuriata represented most of the landowning class. Both the popular assemblies were given pre-discussed debates, and any disagreements with the Senate were rare. Furthermore, the Consuls, who were the most prestigious magistrates and “the military and political heads of state” were also advised by the Senate (Gwynn, 20).

family and also to be considered for Senate. The Romans did not want to waste time needlessly.

Traditionally, Roman Society was extremely ridged. But by the first century, the need for capable men to run Rome’s vast empire was slowly moving away from the old social barriers. Roman Patronage began to cultivate through the client – patron relationship, the importance of political power through possessions and the tactfulness of greed and corruption through the military society.

Finally, we come to the focus of this report, that is, the Roman Senate. The Senate represented the aristocratic and elitist element of Roman government and was a collection of patrician citizens (the patrician/plebian conflict will be described in more depth later) who served as the legislative branch of the government as well as an advisory body. In the beginning of the Republic, the Senate contained 300 members, the members themselves were chosen from the patrician class, ex-consuls, and other officers who served for life. By the time that Julius Caesar gained power, the Senate's membership had increased to nearly 800 people.

Tiberius Gracchus and Cicero were two men who were both concerned with wellness of the citizens of Rome; however, they had different opinions on the best way to achieve political advancements. Throughout the different generations of the two men, the same issues plagued Rome, and throughout their lifetimes the separate factions of the senate became more polarized as they continued to disagree about the fate of Rome. Cicero wrote letters to his friends and family which today offer great primary information about what it was like in Rome during the late republic. In our virtual reality game, Saeculum, I get firsthand insight into the issues that plagued Rome when my clients come to me with the issues of land, food, and water. I am tasked with