Roman Senate

position in the Senate was very advantageous for my family and me. My family is rich and we have many luxuries in our house. For instance, we have murals on our walls, comfortable furniture, and even water pipes. Water is brought into towns in aqueducts they went along lead pipes to individual houses, but only to wealthy houses as ours. We lived in a beautiful house on the hill outside Rome as the city was overcrowded and was the potential source of crime and violence. In fact, Marius the Roman…

“First Citizen of Rome” because of his political, spiritual and social reconstruction. From his military triumph Augustus received recognition not only from the Roman people, but also the Senate. Augustus used his power for the greater good of Roman and its people. He managed to end the civil wars and transfer the power obtained back to the Senate and people. Through spiritual and social reconstruction, Augustus attempted to restore moral standards in Rome. Augustus restored “eighty-two temples…

The Roman republic was formed on the backbone of having a formidable army, consisting of several legions that pooled their numbers from all parts of the Republic. The sheer size of the Roman army, approximately 300,000 soldiers, made them unrivalled in the region. This numerical superiority significantly aided them in their conquests, leading to victories more often than not. The triumphant conquest of territories strengthened the power of Rome’s ruling elites, and brought about an increase in…

In the late Roman Republic, the external expansion of early Rome was a surprise to many. The era of the great expansion of Roman power and civilization is the era of the Roman Republic, in which its Senate ruled Rome and its assembly, which were establishments, formed at the beginning of the monarchy. The Republic had a history of many conflicts, aiding the Republic in becoming so powerful, thus making Rome become unstoppable. But as we all know from the conflicts that aroused in the past with…

virtues that they took to hear the most. The virtues that the Romans considered to be important were duty, courage and determination, loyalty, humility. Even though, the invasion of Hannibal was successful, however Livy critiqued how Romans during this battle did not value or live up to the virtues that they held to live to. 2) Julius Caesar came into “power” when he brought as an ally to aid Crassus, a member of the…

The Roman Republic is traditionally dated from 509 BC to 27 BC, becoming established with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom and was destroyed with the development of the Roman Empire. When considering the fall of the Roman Republic, it is clear that the reorganisation of the army, particularly through the actions of Marius, Sulla and Caesar, contributed greatly to the disempowerment of the Senate and therefore the Republic. Through the undoubtedly instrumental Marian reforms, the Roman social…

leave behind an amazing legacy. The Romans, wanting to save the republic lead to the assassination of Julius Caesar, ultimately leading to little change and his adopted son Octavius being crowned first emperor of the Roman Empire (Wasson, Plutarch 290-298, and “Julius Caesar Biography”). Julius Caesar was assassinated because several men in the Roman senate felt his ideas endangered the republic. Firstly, Julius Caesar did not want to take a chance on the Roman generals challenging him so he…

suffetes, and the senate members. Similar to Rome’s government institution, which included an Assembly where citizens of men would elect consuls, tribunes, and magistrates. These two government institutions were founded under the influence of the wealthy group. For instance, the Carthaginians governmental power belonged to the wealthy of the Suffetes and Rome’s to the Patricians. Carthaginian 's two chief magistrates, aka the Suffetes, would compare to the Consuls of the Roman government.…

The Roman Republic was built on the traditional policy of compromise, devoted to ensure the welfare of the people. In time, the struggle for authority brought fundamental changes to the traditional sentiments of the Republic. As territory expansions brought great wealth into the country, power hungry senators and government officials harbored political ambitions and competed for power. Political treachery and self-interest within the senate and the assemblies gave way to economic turmoil and…

The Roman Empire was a better than then the empire of Greece. Charistrics of a good government include; allowing many people be citizens, which is good because the government would have more people to support and expand the government; giving citizens, many rights, which is also good because it gives citizens rights so they can make the government stronger and by having a senate because it ensures the decisions and laws are correct. The first reason the Roman Empire had a better government…