Ancient Rome Ancient Rome used to be ruled over by a king, but then eventually everything got out of hand and the King was overruled. The Roman Empire turned into being a republic. They didn’t want to be ruled over by a king, they wanted to make their own decisions, their own laws, and they want to have their own democracy. One challenge when there is a republic is meeting the common good. Now looking back on everything ancient room only somewhat not the common good In their empire.
Providing Public Services
In Rome, they had things that were provided public services, for example, The Aqueducts, The Colosseum, and how the different classes( the upper class that was mostly citizens and the lower class that was slaves women etc) …show more content…
One of the many restrictions that the Army had was, there could be no woman in the army, only men were allowed and the men had to be 20 years old at least and could not get married while he was a soldier. Most of the soldiers came from other countries outside out Italy and were good fighters but, The best Roman Soldiers were the Legionaries, and the best paid. Then there was also their fighting techniques. For example, before the Romans went into a battle one of the Soldiers would throw his pilum into the ranks of the enemy( a pilum was made from wood that had a sharp iron spike to the end of it). Another technique that they had was to have the Roman soldiers normally fought in lines which were marching forward with all of the there shields facing their enemy. “Roman legionaries carried a large rectangular shield known as a scutum”This protected the soldier and their body when fighting. The Romans also would lift their shields over their heads for protection when they were getting fired from above. “They also made skillful use of diplomacy, or managing relationships with other countries”. Then as the Roman army progressed they slowly expanded Rome by conquering neighboring people than later on Rome ruled all of Italy by the late 200s B.C, From Allies Rome …show more content…
This form of government was unlike another system of government before, this way of government was called a Republic. A Republic was invented by Rome after being ruled over by a king. The Romans were sick and tired of being ruled over by a king so they came up with a new form of government. Every citizen could vote for leaders to create laws in a Republic unlike being ruled over by a king. The only people who were citizens were adult free men with lots of money. This meet that Slaves, Women and children could not be citizens so they couldn’t do what citizens could. The people who could make the laws were citizens, and they could control the government. Rome wanted to make the law apply to everyone where they were poor or rich. Most of Ancient Rome laws were incorporated the laws we have today in our government. Laws were make in all kinds of different ways but one of the many ways that laws were made was official new laws that was put through the roman Assemblies. Citizens who were a part of the assemblies were allowed to vote on laws. There was one other way that laws could be made was by get the law and implemented including the Plebeian Council. The making of the Roman laws involves more than thousands years of jurisprudence- from the Twelve Tables. The Twelve Tables were 12 very important laws that apply to everyone but that could change in different circumstances with
Providing Public Services
In Rome, they had things that were provided public services, for example, The Aqueducts, The Colosseum, and how the different classes( the upper class that was mostly citizens and the lower class that was slaves women etc) …show more content…
One of the many restrictions that the Army had was, there could be no woman in the army, only men were allowed and the men had to be 20 years old at least and could not get married while he was a soldier. Most of the soldiers came from other countries outside out Italy and were good fighters but, The best Roman Soldiers were the Legionaries, and the best paid. Then there was also their fighting techniques. For example, before the Romans went into a battle one of the Soldiers would throw his pilum into the ranks of the enemy( a pilum was made from wood that had a sharp iron spike to the end of it). Another technique that they had was to have the Roman soldiers normally fought in lines which were marching forward with all of the there shields facing their enemy. “Roman legionaries carried a large rectangular shield known as a scutum”This protected the soldier and their body when fighting. The Romans also would lift their shields over their heads for protection when they were getting fired from above. “They also made skillful use of diplomacy, or managing relationships with other countries”. Then as the Roman army progressed they slowly expanded Rome by conquering neighboring people than later on Rome ruled all of Italy by the late 200s B.C, From Allies Rome …show more content…
This form of government was unlike another system of government before, this way of government was called a Republic. A Republic was invented by Rome after being ruled over by a king. The Romans were sick and tired of being ruled over by a king so they came up with a new form of government. Every citizen could vote for leaders to create laws in a Republic unlike being ruled over by a king. The only people who were citizens were adult free men with lots of money. This meet that Slaves, Women and children could not be citizens so they couldn’t do what citizens could. The people who could make the laws were citizens, and they could control the government. Rome wanted to make the law apply to everyone where they were poor or rich. Most of Ancient Rome laws were incorporated the laws we have today in our government. Laws were make in all kinds of different ways but one of the many ways that laws were made was official new laws that was put through the roman Assemblies. Citizens who were a part of the assemblies were allowed to vote on laws. There was one other way that laws could be made was by get the law and implemented including the Plebeian Council. The making of the Roman laws involves more than thousands years of jurisprudence- from the Twelve Tables. The Twelve Tables were 12 very important laws that apply to everyone but that could change in different circumstances with