The Roman Republic started in 509 B.C with the expulsion of the last Etruscan king. Executive power shifted from the king to two elected officials called consuls. Those who elected the consuls were those in the Patrician class who were families of the men in the Senate. As the Patricians elected who takes the seat of a consul, the actions of the consuls were representative to the needs of the Patrician class and ignored the needs of the lower class plebeians. Plebeians had gained more representation through a unoffical body called the Concilium Plebis. The Concilium Plebis was a group of plebeian officials called Tribunes who safeguarded the interests of the plebeians and negotiated with the consuls and the Senate. Rome’s law had remained unwritten
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The Senate had stayed but Julius had reduced the political power of the Senate and increased the number of members to 900. This action had decentralized the power of the Senate but still allowed it to have the ability to make political decisions.Under this, the Republic constitution and ideology would have been preserved through the Senate as that method allows mass ideology populations to be represented and as the Republic was used for a such a large amount of time, its influences would be able to seen in the emperorship.
There were many pushes in order to stop to resulting strife inside the Roman Republic. The Gracchi brothers both had pushes for legislation that would have limited the amount of land owned by a single person helping the lower class but both were forced out of politics by the wealthy landowners. General Sulla had been appointed dictator and held the Roman Republic at peace at the cost of the rights of the lower class citizens. The peace offered by Sulla had not lasted and during the strife between the lower class and the higher class, Julius Caesar had taken over the Senate and named himself emperor thus ending the Roman Republic and starting the Roman Empire.
During the decline of the empire, the Rome had filtered through its fair share of kings and emperors. Even with the lack of a strong leader, the Roman Empire had survived through 70 emperors. The empire had efficient administration at every level of
The Senate had stayed but Julius had reduced the political power of the Senate and increased the number of members to 900. This action had decentralized the power of the Senate but still allowed it to have the ability to make political decisions.Under this, the Republic constitution and ideology would have been preserved through the Senate as that method allows mass ideology populations to be represented and as the Republic was used for a such a large amount of time, its influences would be able to seen in the emperorship.
There were many pushes in order to stop to resulting strife inside the Roman Republic. The Gracchi brothers both had pushes for legislation that would have limited the amount of land owned by a single person helping the lower class but both were forced out of politics by the wealthy landowners. General Sulla had been appointed dictator and held the Roman Republic at peace at the cost of the rights of the lower class citizens. The peace offered by Sulla had not lasted and during the strife between the lower class and the higher class, Julius Caesar had taken over the Senate and named himself emperor thus ending the Roman Republic and starting the Roman Empire.
During the decline of the empire, the Rome had filtered through its fair share of kings and emperors. Even with the lack of a strong leader, the Roman Empire had survived through 70 emperors. The empire had efficient administration at every level of