Roman Monarchy Pros And Cons

The Roman monarchy is the first era of Rome. The monarchy shows the that the Romans valued a voice of the people and respect for diversity. Roman monarchy spanned for a relatively short time, 753-509 b.c.e. The Roman monarchy started in the 753 b.c.e. Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, and Romulus later became king. He killed his brother and established the city of Rome (which is named after him). Romulus was trying to attract immigrants and outcasts, therefore, Rome amassed a large and diverse group of people. According to legend, Sabines, a group of people from a neighboring town, didn’t want to intermarry with the Romans. As a solution, “both sides would later make peace with one another after a brief war, and the Sabine king, Titus Tatius, would later become joint-ruler of Rome alongside Romulus, thus cementing the Sabine integration into the Roman populace.” (Evans). After ruling for 40 years, Romulus disappeared from the Field of Mars. The reign of Romulus showed the Roman value of a respect for diversity because Rome is made up of outcasts and immigrants. And with the diverse group of people, the culture is created by mixing different …show more content…
The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, made sure to hear the opinion of his people to “prevent the confusion which might result from neglect of natural religious rite or the adoptions of foreign ones” (Boyle and Woodward). When the patricians drove out Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and completely ended monarchy it shows the Roman value of having a voice of the people. The last few kings have focused more on their own power instead of their citizens’ needs. The Romans didn’t have much of a voice considering they could only vote if they owned land. Some kings were not elected to their position, some came to power by assassination or appointed by one person. This takes away the voice or choice of the Roman