Consuls: These were the two executive officials who governed Rome during the period of the republic. These two rulers held executive and judicial authority. They were elected by the comitia centuriata (an assembly of soldiers) and were approved by the Senate to serve one-year terms. These officials usually came from the ranks of the Senate and returned to it when their term as consul ended. Patricians: These were the wealthy aristocrats who monopolized political power in the early Roman republic.
Rome`s government was organized into executive and legislative branches, both of these branches were under patrician control. The executive branch was headed by two patrician officials, called consuls, elected for one-year terms. The legislative branch consisted of the Assembly of Centuries and the Senate. However, the Senate had much more power because they advised the consuls. In my opinion, this government wasn’t very fair because not everyone had the chance to voice their opinion.
What was the short term significance of the Battle of Actium on Roman society between 31BC to 11BC? The Battle of Actium was the final battle of the Roman Republic. On September 2nd the forces of Octavian Caesar defeated the combined navies of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. This victory solidified Augustus as the supreme leader of Rome and its subordinate states. In the next twenty years it’s clear to see the effects of Augustus’s victory on Roman society.
The Roman Army: The Most Powerful in History 5/1/2012 Davis 1 The rule of the Republic of Rome, as well as, the Empire of Rome lasted for over a thousand years and contained territories that stretched for the western Atlantic to the Mesopotamian area in the East. This also went as far south as the Sahara and as far North as the Rhine River. The main factor that was responsible for these feats was the military of Rome. In addition to continuously succeeding in their campaigns of expansion, the Roman Military, time and time again, was successful in the defense of Roman borders against invaders for hundreds of years. In regards to almost every failure and success incurred by the state of Rome, the deciding factor was almost always the military at the core.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic The disintegration of the Roman Republic is the first example in European history of the collapse of a constitutional system. The fall of the Republic, which occurred from 133 until 31 B.C.E., was more than a single man event. It was a result of several individual actions or achievements, coupled with social conditions that weighed heavily on Roman society. Additionally, massive and rapid expansion from Rome's foundation as a booming city 700 years earlier until the mid 1st century B.C., created monumental holes in the political and governing ability of the Senate. Periods of stability were mixed in with those of near collapse, while powerful generals or inciters of the Roman mob jockeyed for position.
The Roman nobility overthrew the last Etruscan king in 509 BC and instituted their own republican constitution, which included two representatives. An assembly dominated by the nobility elected these representatives. The Roman republic also had a Senate that advised the representatives and ratified major decisions, normally in the favor of the nobility that elected them (The Roman Army). Rome had very little protection in the early years of its sovereignty. Its military was more like a militia made up of Roman men who were basically unarmored, poorly armed, and wore only leather helmets for protection.
1 Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Elizabeth Kelsey Tuller ITCS 101 05-08-2011 2 The first multinational corporation was Rome; there are many lessons to learn from the rise and fall of Rome (Bing, 2006). There were three Punic wars that invaded Rome over years of dreadful rage. Carthage was a Phoenician colony, also known as “Poenus” (Bing, 2006). A corporation named Carthage was a big problem and won a lot of wars in Rome. The Roman Empire had many troubled relations during its time of becoming an empire.
Politically, Rome was a republic. This is very akin to a democracy. In the beginning the Patricians held all the spots in the Senate. The Senate is the branch of the government that was considered the legislative law-making body. They also had two consuls that were chosen from the Senate, who were also Patricians.
The Roman Empire was a dominant power driven by leaders who transformed the Roman world. From 300 to 800 CE, religion ranged from monasticism to Christianity while the government varied from a tetrarchy to a diarchy and to a monarchy. Some rulers governed the province by controlling the relationship between religion and the state, while other rulers only moderately regulated the relationship between religion and state. However, both ways of governing had positive and negative impacts on the transformation of the Roman world. By examining the various primary sources, lecture notes, and textbook, I conclude that the Roman world was transformed by the way people understood the relationship between religion and the state during this period because each leader believed in a different way to bring success and dominance over Western Europe causing Christianity to evolve in the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire began in 31 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar became the first emperor of Rome, and it ended when Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the German general Odovacar in 476 C.E. Under the leadership of emperors like Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius, the empire grew stronger and more stable, expanding in size and scope. Created through conquest, the Roman Empire was the most extensive political and social empire in the western civilization, stretching from the Euphrates River to the Atlantic Ocean. When the empire expanded as far as it could in the second century and there were no more enemies to be conquered, the flow of wealth Rome experienced during the expansion slowly dried up.