They then created what is called the Roman Republic. ... The Romans, at the beginning of the Republic, had a constitution which had laid down the traditions and institutions of government. ... By the time of the late Republic, the censors, and the patricians, had become some of the most powerful politicians in Rome. ... The Senate then passed a law which ordered the consuls to make the Republic safe and declared Gaius Gracchus an enemy to the state. ... Thus was the end of the Roman republic....

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And they"re within lies the transition from Republic to Empire. ... Most of the offices from the republic remained, although their functions changed. ... Source A: The Government of the Roman Empire under early Principate During the Roman Empire, the emperor declared his authority as the final source of law. ... The Roman Republic consisted of two consuls, a senate, and two assemblies. ... Under the Republic, the assemblies of Curiae (comitia Curiata), Centuries (comitia centuriato) and the Tribes voiced the will of the Roman people. ...

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In a classical sense, historians have classified the downfall of the Roman republic as being during the period 133-14AD or from the Grachii to Octavian. from the dissident rumblings from the trubunician Tiberius to the outright proclamtion of Marius as consul for consecutive terms, it seems clear that the movement from republic to monarchy was in full swing. ...

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Upon hearing the phrase "Roman Republic", most people think of a rich, powerful, vast nation with a dictator as the only form of government. ... The senate was the largest part of the Roman government. ... The consuls were commanders of the Roman army. ... "There was a tradition that King Servius, after regulating the constitution of the state, intended to abolish kingly power, and substitute it for the annual magistracy of the consulship- (Schmitz 1) The consuls were a major part of the roman republic. The dictator is probably the most well-known jobs of the Roman republic. ...

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Gladiatorial combat both intrigued and enthused the Roman populace. ... One result of the rise in popularity of the spectacles during the Roman Republic was the encroachment of politics into the games. Those families that were vying for high political office within the Republic immediately saw the benefit of staging grand spectacles as a means of garnering high public opinion and votes. ... As the Republic began to succumb to internal political strife, the unwritten rule stating that the games were to be part of the funerary proceedings of an important Roman figure were circumvented by the man...

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The Roman Empire The Roman Republic developed into the Roman Empire as the struggle of power between factions in Rome effected the structure of the Republic. This struggle was resolved by the settlement of Augustus, bringing about a new age in Roman culture. ... He was a capable general and reinvented the Roman army using mostly volunteers of dispossessed farmers. ...

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The Gods were in Roman paintings and sculptures. ... The earliest legal code of the Republic was the Law of the Twelve Tables and its general aim was to equate human law with that of nature by developing an objective system of natural justice. ... Romans did not produce many original philosophical writings. ... Art in Rome was translated from Greek styles into new Roman forms. ... Roman portraiture represents Roman art at its most creative and sensitive. ...

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The Roman empire was a giant of an empire with a massive army. ... After 450 years as a republic, Rome became an empire in the wake of Julius Caesar's rise and fall in the first century BCE. ... The damage was so severe that fifty thousand Romans died from natural disasters. There was also plagued with Measles from the Mediterranean, that reduced a population of one million Romans to 250,000 Romans. The Roman Empire was going down hard. ...

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At the time Rome was still a republic and the empire was in its early stages. ... At 39 years old, he now was able to seek the Consulship, the highest and office in the Roman Republic. ... His opponents say he was a cruel politician, who forced his way to dictatorial power and destroyed the Roman republic. ... Some senators felt that he was getting too powerful and that the republic was coming to an end. ... By killing Caesar the conspirators thought they would be able to bring Rome back to the Republic it was before Caesar's rule. ...

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During the 130's the Romans conquered Italian tribes and took control of their land. ... b) How did the Italians and Romans greet Pompey on his return from the East? ... d) Given the extravagance of Pompey's triumph, does this give you a better understanding of how the ambitions of prominent men could lead to conflict and ultimately civil war Pompey was a military leader of the Roman Republic known as Pompey the great. ... Marcus Cicero was a Roman candidate for the Roman consulship. ... Cicero must constantly embrace the Roman senators and equites and the popular men of order. ...

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He was born into a patrician family (this title was given to a wealthy upper class citizen of the Roman Republic). ... He contributed notable reforms that strengthened the Roman Republic. Sulla played a vital historical role in shaping and reforming the Republic before military opponents would destroy it. ... This affected the Roman Republic and paved the way for future emperors such as Julius Caesar. ... Sulla is best known by historians for his notable reforms to strength the Roman Republic. ...

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Determine if the movie "Gladiator" succeeded in depicting Roman and things Roman. ... When it comes to politics, Roman Empire is distinguished as the very first to create and maintain the Republic. On one hand, when Roman Republic was at its glorious era, the combination of the leaders (emperor or the triumphant) and Senate offered Rome and the Roman world a stable, democratic, and powerful governmental system. ... This is a typical character of the Roman culture. ... The Roman soldiers got extreme pride and dignity. ...

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Augustus Augustus" military success brought Roman culture out of a long period of upheaval and uncertainty caused by constant civil wars. This political stability increased the prosperity and pride of the ruling classes as well as the military, and helped reinforce the general belief in Augustus as a symbol of the Roman peoples" favor in the eyes of the gods. A large majority of the population, mainly the lower classes and especially in the provinces distrusted and resented the aristocracy of the Roman senate. ... By the time Augustus took power, most Romans had lived their entire lives d...

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He felt if Caesar were crowned king he would turn Rome into a dictatorship and take Rome's republic away from the people. ... Brutus was the only other Roman other than Caesar who shared power over the people. ... In Caesar's eyes, Brutus did hold more power over the Romans then himself. ... This mistake would be very costly to Brutus' plans of keeping Rome a republic. ... People could only look back on his life and call him the noblest Roman of them all. ...

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The Etruscan Monarchs were also known as the Kings of Rome. They were all kings and the basis of their authority is that of the Etruscan Empire. They were the supreme rulers whom controlled everything and were backed by the power of the Etruscan military. There were seven Kings in all and the las...

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In 509 BC, there was a Roman revolt which led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. The progression of Roman political development, however, was a constant struggle between the patricians, the nobility and the wealthiest of the population, and the plebeians, the remaining poor people of the population. In place of the king were two annually-elected consuls who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls, giving the patricians dominance in the early years of the Roman Republic. ...

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Take Home Paper "Julius Caesar" Why did Caesar ignore his aristocratic colleagues and associate more with the poor population of Rome? Julius Caesar focused more on the poor to gain leverage on elections that the other candidates were not going to have. He held games to raise the spirits of t...

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Roman Civil War And Caesar If anyone had hoped that the assassination of Julius Caesar would bring about the return of Republican rule, they must surely have been disappointed, for the political turbulence simply continued. Caesar's assassins and his old commanders battled for control, while orators like Cicero labored to save the old Republic. ... By means of intriguer and threat, they coerced the senate into granting them and their legions the power to rectory peace to the Roman state. ... Antony's death and Octavian's victory effectively ended the Rom...

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"Julius Caesar has done more for the common people than any other Roman When he became dictator, he gave us a holiday that lasted 10 days He built new roads, canals, temples and theaters. This gave many jobs to the Romans who were out of work.... yes, the Republic is in danger as long as Caesar lives. We must save the Republic and get rid of this evil man....

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He setup an illusion of freedom in the former Republic by wining over the people with his charismatic personality. ... The Roman people where so mesmerized by the great works done by Augustus they did not see what was happening in their once free republic. ... Augustus used his gift to relate to the public to win over the people, but in doing so he blinded the people to the evaporation of the republic as it once was. ... These are a few acts that began after the supposed restoration of the Republic. ... He Unknowingly dissolved the republic and set up a monarch government that would be th...

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In this sense, killing him was actually counterproductive to the growth and development of the Roman Empire. ... Boren, the assassination of Julius Caesar was, "the act of men who did not know that the Republic was dead." ... This too, was counterproductive in the growth and development of the Roman Empire. ... They not only produced more problems for the empire in doing so, the also prevented the beneficial progress of the Roman Empire. ... This only leaves us to wonder, "Exactly how great could the Roman Empire have grown with the influence of Caesar as dictator?" ...

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Gaius Julius Caesar was a brilliant general, a great politician, and a powerful dictator of the Roman republic. ... Caesar led many campaigns in which he won victories all over the Roman empire. ... Meanwhile, back in Rome, Caesar gained complete control of the Roman government. ... Caesar's life was one of the most important in Roman history. He had a great impact on the world and the Roman empire. ...

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On Brutus's crusade to keep a republic that is inevitably lost to monarchy he, lets Cassius persuade him to join the conspirators, puts trust in Mark Antony, and kills himself. ... Cassius, a man jealous of Caesar's power tries to sway Brutus on the idea of killing Caesar, to save the republic Brutus's family fought for. ... Unfortunately, the death of Caesar did not accomplish what Brutus wanted it to because the people wanted a King and not a republic. ... "Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal: / To every Roman citizen he gives, / To every several man, seventy-five ...

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Brutus killed Julius Caesar for the Roman Republic and its people. ... Cassius and his manipulative and condescending behavior convince Brutus that the Roman Society really wants and need him. ... "This was the noblest Roman of them all." Antony is stating that the only reason Brutus killed Caesar was because he truly felt that he was doing the right action to uphold the roman society. ... Brutus has no insight that someone should speak out about Caesar positive aspects of life because he never believed Caesar was a bad leader, but only a threat to the Roman society. ...

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The Romans had set up a republic government and the last king had been overthrown 450 years ago, but this did not stop Caesar's ambition in becoming king of the "free Romans". ... Brutus knew that the only way to protect the Romans was to kill Caesar. ... Octavius, whose name became Caesar Octavianus after his adoption by Caesar's will, solved, by his creation of the Roman principate, the constitutional problem that Caesar failed to solve. ... They had taken over the Roman civilization and had controlled for a while. ...

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