Triple-E Senate

Imagine you are put back in time and you were in the Roman era and your job was a “Roman Tribune”. If you ask a random person “What is a Roman tribune?”, they would not know how to respond because that job is not common. In order to understand what it is like to be a Roman tribune you have to have the mindset as a Roman tribune and see things from their perspective. In the book Julius Caesar there is multiple character that have the job of a Roman tribune. In order to understand their roles in…

those in the Roman senate worried about what would happen if he became dictator for life. Julius not only fought in battles, but he did many other great things for the nation of Rome. He gave land to veterans, gave grains to the poor, cleaned up dangerous streets, created a library, and created jobs. Because of this, the citizens of Rome loved him and began to make him dictator. The senate worried because their was no longer a republic. As Rome was quickly becoming a tyrant, the Senate feared…

SPQR is a Latin acronym short for Senatus Populusque Romanus. Senatus Populusque Romanus means The Senate and People of Rome in English. At first, this only included patricians, who were of higher power or class, but when democracy made its way in Rome, the meaning of Populus gradually changed to include the general public as well. It is most probably the longest lasting acronym in the history of the world (Beard, 10). Those letters were stamped all over Rome, and it shows how important the…

Augustus formalized the government according to the fact “The government was formalized in 23 B.C.E, When the Senate Augustus. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation. Augustus. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation gave Augustus enormous control over the army foreign policy, and legislation” (Augustus Biography). Before he formalized the government, Augustus went to the senate to tell him that he is going to bring back the people and rule of Rome. Later the senate’s give…

Rome, the people were granted representation in government. The government was separated into three sectors, elected magistrates, senate, and popular assemblies. The elected magistrates are civil officers with varying degrees of power, the powers starting with dictators on the top, below the dictator follows, censor, consul, curule, aedile, and finally praetors. The senate was made up of elite and veteran politicians appointed by the consuls and censors, and they were tasked with serving as…

In a Roman society the senator was the one that passed the laws and who was in charge of the government. The Roman Empire started as an advisor council filled with patricians. “Senators had special privileges and they alone could hold the highest official offices and judgeships in criminal and civil courts” (The Roman Empire: In the First Century). Citizens also take part in politics, they play a role by governing the state. The Senator and citizens help the roman society maintain stableness and…

Patricians were, in early Rome, people who were member outcome of citizen families. In contrast of the plebeian, Patricians were in the privileged class, there were in the noble rank (aristocrat). Patricians dominated the senate and they were making the laws. Gladiators were condemned criminals or slaves. These men were trained to fight with sword and other weapons in order to kill each other for the delight of spectators. Gladiatorial games developed in the third and second centuries B.C. in…

Characterization The man is curious, falls through the ice, and needs to warm up or he will freeze to death. These are just a few words and scenarios to describe the story, “To Build a Fire.” There are three types of characterization such as protagonist and antagonist, flat and round, and lastly static and dynamic. In the story, the main character is a protagonist. The cold “did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun,” (London 80). He had walked and camped out in the snowy…

the left arm. Putting on the paludamentum was a ceremonial act on setting out for war (Roman Tribune). Ultimately, the purpose of having a tribune was to have someone who represented their order against any mistreatment by the consuls or the Senate. The main responsibility of a tribune was to be the voice of the plebeians. They could veto any law that they thought would not help the people. They could also make laws as long as they affected the plebeians. One other thing they could…

families of the men in the Senate. As the Patricians elected who takes the seat of a consul, the actions of the consuls were representative to the needs of the Patrician class and ignored the needs of the lower class plebeians. Plebeians had gained more representation through a unoffical body called the Concilium Plebis. The Concilium Plebis was a group of plebeian officials called Tribunes who safeguarded the interests of the plebeians and negotiated with the consuls and the Senate. Rome’s law…