More Notes for Test

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We took notes on the test today in class.

Tarquin the Proud
- Last of the Roman Kings, ran out of town because his son raped a woman and Tarquin did nothing

Describe how Rome moved from a monarchy to a republic
- Ruled by Etruscan kings (monarchy) who were advised by rich patricians (the Senate- and aristocracy)
- After Tarquin, the gov't became res public  or republic (like the Greek democracy)

Describe the difference between a patrician and a plebeian
Patrician: upper-calls, landowning, established, connected, powerful
Plebeian: Common people, Workers, Small-time farmers, some wealthy non-patrician

Senate: Gov't assembly of 200 (unpaid) patricians, appointed for life, first by kings, the consuls
Consuls: In-power for 1 year, two senators who led the gov't and military, could veto echo other
Tribunes: Leaders of the plebeian assembly, first rather powerless, gaining ground over the years

What are the 12 tables?
12 Laws that were posted in the forum and were made on bronze or wood, Set up to protect plebeians who were getting pushed around by patricians, first laws written down in Rome

The Roman Republic servers as a model for what modern document, and what modern government?
The Constitution of the U.S.

Senate/Assemblies - US Senate/House of Reps
Consuls/Dictator - President of the US
Senate could act like judges - like our Supreme Court

Why only the rich could server in the Senate
Members were not paid, but worked their way up from low-ranking magistrates to higher ones. They needed to spend a lot to look good, popular, and powerful, making them electable. Plebs couldn't afford to do that.

The kings who rules between 600 and 500 BC ordered the building of the Forum, Rome's political center

Paterfamilias - The man is in charge of the family

Pax Romana - a period of peace and property in Rome