ancient Rome's

Government 

Auroni Hannan, Victoria Huang, Emma Liang, Abby Zhao

 Table of contents
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Government structure Government Structure cont. Social classes

04 05
JUlius Caesar's role Rome's Impact
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Government Structure
 Government Structure
● Established in 509 BCE as a city in the Latinum
(the group of independent cities on the Italian
Peninsula that all speak Latin)
● 1 year terms of 2 Consuls replaced the king role
● Senate elected to represent the people (hense
“Republic”), however very few people could vote
● Centuriate Assembly: war, affairs abroad
● Tribal Assembly: domestic affairs, legislative
branch, court for major crimes
 Government Structure
● Published first set of laws in 451 BCE over
private law
● Later, Rome conquored other cities in the
Latium, eventually ruling over the whole Italian
peninsula
● While gvt focused on conquoring, farmers, slaves,
and other working class people began revolting
● Lead to civil war that lead to the end of the
Republic classification of Rome
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Social Classes
 Social Classes
• Society was divided into 2 classes- the upper-class
Patricians, and the lower-class Plebians
• The upper class was heavily favored until the Conflict of
Orders(500-287 BCE), a power struggle between the
classes
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Julius Caesar's role
 Julius Caesar's Role In Government

Julius Caesar declared himself dictator of the Roman Republic

and instilled various policies and economic reform-
• enlarged the senate
• decreased Rome's debt
• sponsored the building of the city-states
• granted citizenship to foreigners living within the Roman
Republic
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Rome's Impact
 Rome's Impact
• Process of court hearings are applied to other
governments around the world

• Rome's court system is now used by the United States

and the majority of Europe

• Many terms and names such as senate, capitol, and

committee used by Rome
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Https://Www.worldhistory.org#Organization, 14 Oct. 2022,
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1463/ancient-roman-society/. 

“Julius Caesar.” National Geographic Society,

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/julius-caesar. 
"Traces of Ancient Rome in the Modern World" National Geographic, 
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/traces-ancient-rome-modern-world  
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