roman republic 509 – 27 bc. republic or... monarchy? which one is more democratic? the roman...
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The word “democracy” was invented by... Athenians in 509 BC “demos” being Greek for... and “kratia” for... “power” “people” whereas “monos” means... “ one ” and “archia”...“power” as wellTRANSCRIPT
ROMAN REPUBLIC
509 – 27 BC
Republic or...
Monarchy?
Which one is more democratic?
The Roman Monarchy had seven elected kings but in the end...
The Romans were fed up and got rid of them
The word “democracy” was invented by...
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...the Athenians in 509 BC
“demos” being Greek for...
and “kratia” for... “power”
“people”
whereas “monos” means... “one”
and “archia”... “power” as well
At the same time the Romans created their Republic
Remember the year... 509 BC
Instead of one king who reigneduntil his death, the Romans elected...
two consuls every year!
NB: Some translate RESPVBLICA into English as
“re(s)” being Latin for... “thing”
“Commonwealth”
and “public” for... (obviously!!!)
Roman society was divided into two social classes:
patricians
plebeiansand
After many fights, in 5th century BC, plebeians gained the right...
only the latter could be elected as...
...to vote
...and to marry patricians
...consuls or senators
but
an assembly of 300 members that passed...
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laws
The people, in Latin “populus”, giving “public” in English, andthe Senate made Rome big and powerful
Senate,Senators formed the...
After the first Punic war (240 BC), Rome obtained the two biggest islesin the Mediterranean:
Corsica
Sicily
In 218 they disembarked in... Emporionand began the Roman conquest of... Hispania
The conquest of Hispania lasted... 200 years!!!
Numantia133
But step by step all the Mediterranean fell into the hands of the Romans
Carthage146
Corinth146
Pergamon133
Syria63 BC
Gaul52 BC
And conquests went on and on...
So that the Romans called the Mediterranean...Mare Nostrum (our sea)
Romans had for almost five centuries something that we could call a kind of “aristocratic republic”.
But in the end it brought...
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conspiracy
and...
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...civil war