Roman Tribune Essay

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A roman tribune, also known as a Roman Tribunus in Latin, is elected as a chief officer chosen by the people to protect them from any oppression from the patricians. Roman Tribunes were six of the most senior in the legions. These Roman soldiers were usually ranked above the centurions. In modern times, these roman soldiers are just about the equivalent to law enforcements in our time, and they protected the citizens from oppression. There were three ranks; Tribune, Tribunus Cohortis, and Tribunus Cohortis Urbanae. A Tribune was usually a young senator that was still learning the basics of the career. A Cohortis was a commander of the Conhor military unit. A Cohortis Urbanae was known as the Urban cohort commander. Three tribes, Ramnes, Luceres, and Tities, would have at least one roman …show more content…
At the time, if a group of people were to try to go as far as to remove and vandalize anything from the monarch’s statue, it meant that they disliked whoever the leader was. In other cases, the people might even try to put up a new statue. Because of this, the reader can assume that most people don’t like Julius Caeser because he may not be a good leader of Rome. They may think he’s not a strong enough leader to take control of their city. He may even have too many enemies, and that reason can lead to dreaded thoughts to the possibility of having many wars on Rome. Others might only fear Julius Caeser because he has killed one of their old leaders, Pompey the Great. They may fear at the thought of their new dictator releasing his anger on a person who might annoy him, and that he might even go to the point at where he’ll decide to kill that said person. These are many reasons as to why the people of Rome think their new leader might be the start of the destruction of their city. Julius Caeser has also made enemies of where they would do anything to kill

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