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    The Roman republic was a very big step for governments. The republic was the first of its time, equalized power between people, and kept everything organized. Eventually Rome became a dictatorship. Even though the dictatorship worked decently, Rome became unevolved and died. The Roman republic equalized power between all people, but the Roman dictatorship caused one person to receive too much power. The Roman Republic managed to equalize power between government and power. Similar to United States’

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    The Roman Republic was a very important and successful community. The Romans provided common goods such as public service, protecting rights, rule of law, common defense, and the economic system. These common goods helped out in this time. They were really important to the Romans to live the way they did. Here is my point of view on them. The first common good is Public Service. Public service helped out with many things. For example, the waterway. The waterway was public to most Romans. The Romans

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    The Roman Republic was one of the longest running government systems in history. It was the trade super highway of Italy. The Roman republic was that of a mixed constitution. A mixed constitution is a combination of the three forms of government that were followed in Rome. Those were aristocratic, monarchial, and democratic forms of government. It is a constitution that seeks to balance the elements that democratic, aristocratic, and monarchical governments have. There were many values that were

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    Battle of Alesia that took place in 52 BC, by the Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Rome went to war with the Gallic tribes from 58 BC to 50 BC, these wars ended with the win in Alesia in 52 BC. The Romans had a lot of victories and that made the Roman Republic expand over all of Gaul. This battle win in Alesia made Julius Caesar head ruler of the Roman Republic. The background of the battle started in 54-53 BC when the Carnutes killed the pro-Roman ruler Tasgetius. After that incident Caesar sent some

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    Tyler Boyer Coach Charb World History 9 June 2017 Julius Caesar and the fall of the Roman Republic Julius Caesar was one of if not the greatest ruler the Roman Republic has ever seen. He was born in 100 BC to Aurelia and Gaius Caesar. Although his family was hailed by Roman aristocrats, they were still very poor. When Julius Caesar was only 16 his father died. Rome was very unstable at this time, almost being in chaos. Around the time his father died Caesar decided to make an effort bringing back

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    making it to Parliament? The number of women elected have doubled over the years. There is an astonishing 11% of women in Parliament. The Roman Republic was only kind of democratic. The reason of this being that all the male citizens of Rome could vote, they had a lot of power, but they couldn’t choose the candidates nor did their votes matter much. The Roman Constitution was a variety of Democracy. Mainly since all male citizens could vote this including slaves, and the poor. Other constitutions

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    costly, he tried helping Hannibal but was eventually captured and executed. Overall, they pretty much lost the war, paid the winners and all the costs spent preparing for the war. The Roman Republic had several issues back then, these matters consisted of Senate, the Plebeians, and the New Nobility. The Roman Republic began as a place ruled by many, such as the Senate, the assembly of centuries, the assembly of tribes, and the plebeian council. The Senate is usually any lead senate or Patrician which

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    The Roman Republic (509 B.C. - 27 B.C.) lasted 482 years, and was a democracy, but exactly how democratic was it? A democracy is a type of government where the main power is given to the people. In a democracy, fair elections are held, the people are active, and the same laws apply equally to all people of the democracy. The Roman Republic was fairly democratic because, all men could vote, and the people had the final say in the government and military, however, there were fairly undemocratic parts

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    The Roman Republic (509 BCE - 30 BCE), one of the world's first ‘democracies’, was a place where normal people could impact the government’s decisions. It has always been considered a true democracy, but as society delves deeper into the facts, was this really true? During these almost 500 years, the citizens of Rome were allowed some freedoms to impact their own society, but these decisions were not as special to them as was thought. The Roman Republic was only half democratic because of its constitution

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    Like many civilizations, when Rome became a republic, it was an aristocratic republic. The citizens of the Roman republic were divided into two classes: the patricians, and the plebeians. The patricians were the aristocrats, and the plebeians were the labor poor class. These two classes had economic, and political differences which ended provoking the plebeians to revolt. In the economic sense, the patricians were rich, the plebeians were poor, and the middle class was non-existent; therefore, the

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