These are Roman Plebeians. The plebeians were the lower class.
These are the Patricians . Patricians were the upper class in Rome.
This is a picture of all the people that are part of the Republic and what they do.
This is a picture of the 12 tables these are the laws for Roman people to follow. This could effect the people of Rome because the patricians made the laws and the plebeians where not fair treated. So now the plebeians have nothing. And the patricians has a lot more.
Explain why the Roman switched from a monarchy to a republic and make sure to include and define the term CHECKS AND BALANCES.
The Roman switched from a monarchy to a Republic because republic because during the monarchy, anybody could come and murder the current ruler and people of Rome thought that was not fair to have one person with all the power. And with that in the republic there were many people that helped with the government so not one person could have all that power.
US Government
The United States Government has one ruler who serves for 4 years |
Roman Republic
They would have counsels that serve only one year. |
Some similarities was that they both a person that controls most of the military power. Another similarity is that they both use checks and balances. The last similarity is that they both have veto power.
Website for Roman Republic http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Roman_Republic.html
Website for 12 tables http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html
Website for 12 tables http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/12tables.html
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