Evolution of Roman Government

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Evolution of Roman Government
By Annie, Lindsay, J.K. COME AND LEARN!
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Ancient Greece Government vs. Ancient Roman
Goverment
Greece
Rome
Both

• Monarchy, then Republic, and finally the Empire

• Delian league

• had kings at one time

• Sparta spent a lot of time training for war

• Senate and consuls were leaders in the republic

• had an empire that rose and fell

• Athens had a very organized government

• Pax Romana was a time of peace

• some system of voting

• Formed first democracy

• Sulla was a dictator at one time

• Had a polis

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Monarchy

• Began in 616 B.C.E
• Lucius Tarquinius was
• the first Etruscan Ruler
• Ruled for 100 years
• Took the throne from
• the Latin King
• Romans overthrew
• the Etruscan King

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Change to Republic

• Nation which power
• lay with the citizens
• Not a true democracy
• Run by representatives
• Elected by noble men
• No one else could vote

A Roman Voting Coin
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Republic Senate Consuls

• Consuls were chosen
• each year to be
• administrators
• Consuls were also
• military leaders
• Both consuls agree on
• the laws they created

• Senate was made of
• 300 upper-class men
• Senate handled
• conflicts and gave
• advice to the consuls
• Senate proposed laws
• and approved building
• contracts

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The Republic Reformers
The Gracchus Brothers
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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus

• Oldest brother who became
• tribune in 133 B.C.E
• Blamed Romes problems on
• departing farmers
• Believed in limits on land
• ownership

• Wanted to divide public
• lands and give to the poor
• Illegally ran for second
• term as tribune
• Senate killed him and his
• followers as punishment

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Gaius Sempronius Gracchus

• youngest brother
• who became tribune
• in 123 B.C.E
• thought troubles
• were caused by
• moving the poor
• extended and
• improved things
• done by brother

• made government sell
• wheat to the poor
• wheat was given
• away for free
• Senate felted
• threatened by him so
• they killed him in 121 B.C.E

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Republic Generals

• Sulla took over the
• city
• Civil war started
• When it ended,
• Sulla was dictator

• 107 B.C.E General
• Cyaius Marious
• became consul
• Opposed by Lucius
• Cornelius Sulla
• Sulla was given
• military commands

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Republic Dictation
The Republic Dictators were Marcus Licinius
Crossus, Gnaeus Pomeius, and Julius Caesar

• Caesar made
• governor, and built a
• strong army
• 46 B.C.E Caesar
• became the Dictator
• of Rome
• March 15th 44 B.C.E
• Caesar was stabbed
• to death

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Change to Empire

• After Caesars death, a new
• triumvirate formed
• They worked together for awhile
• Fight broke out between the
• three of them
• Octavian a.k.a Augustus won the
• fight in 31 B.C.E
• Became sole ruler or emperor of
• the Roman Empire
• More than 200 years of peace

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Empire

• Protected the city
• with fire brigade and
• police
• Reorganized the
• government
• 410 C.E. Alaric
• invaded Ancient Rome

• Soldiers swore
• allegiance to Augustus
• Gave enslaved
• people freedom and
• a chance to be in the
• government
• Wrote strict laws

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Division and Collapse of the Roman Empire!
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Pax Romana
SO, what was the Pax Romana?

• Time of peace brought by
• Emperor Augustus
• Pax Romana lasted for 200
• years
• Romans prospered during
• this time
• Civilization spread and
• cultures intergrated

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Pax Romana Trade

• Trade increased a lot
• during the Pax Romana
• Taxes on goods
• brought into the
• country were cut
• The Mediterranean Sea
• was safe for trading
• and traveling

• Wine and olive-oil were
• the main products sold
• Ships became very
• popular
• Rome was the center for
• pottery, bronze, and
• woolen cloth

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Pax Romana Law

• Laws should be fair to
• Romans and non-Romans
• Everyone was considered
• equal after the new laws
• 125 C.E. law was
• standardized
• Helped Rome govern large
• areas successfully

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• The Evolution of Roman Government helped us with
  our government today in many important ways.
  Here are a couple things we concluded
• The Republic was a building block that has
• helped us with our democracy today. We now
• let everyone vote instead of only rich
  people,
• but without the Republic, democracy today
• wouldnt be what it is today!
• The Monarchy and the Empire also gave us an
• idea of what not to do. It proved that a
• Democratic government is more fair and the
• citizens are more happy. When only one person
• ruled, there were a lot more arguments than
• there are when everyone has a say!

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Roman Government Movie
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So... What was the Evolution of Roman
Government?
It went from
Monarchy
Republic
Empire