Political: Roman Government and Politics According to the AP World History course framework, the third theme of the curriculum involves the creation, expansion, and conflict between the different forms of state across time. Focusing on one of the dominant powers of the classical period, the Romans, one can see a change in political structure as the Roman Republic turned into the Roman Empire (Wiseman). Before Rome became an empire, Rome was a republic from 507 to 31 BCE. Power resided in the Assembly and the Senate. The Assembly, comprised of male citizens, weighted the votes of the wealthy as more than those of the poor. With elections annually, the elite competed viciously for a seat in these offices. The Senate’s council members
