BRANCHES OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

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1 BRANCHES OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

2 OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY What are the parts of the Roman Republic? How did the Republic use checks and balances to ensure one branch did not become more powerful?

3 re pub lic riˈpəblik a government in which power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected president (or leader by another name) rather than a monarch.

4 ROMAN SENATE

5 ROMAN SENATE Term Length: Lifetime

6 ROMAN SENATE Term Length: Lifetime Qualifications: members of patrician class, each family given one seat for male representative

7 ROMAN SENATE Term Length: Lifetime Qualifications: members of patrician class, each family given one seat for male representative Responsibility: make recommendations to consuls and assemblies on legislation, foreign policy, and finances

8 ROMAN SENATE Term Length: Lifetime Qualifications: members of patrician class, each family given one seat for male representative Responsibility: make recommendations to consuls and assemblies on legislation, foreign policy, and finances Special Privileges: ability to be a consul special treatment, respect

9 CONSULS: The Presidents of Rome

10 CONSULS: The Presidents of Rome

11 CONSULS: The Presidents of Rome x2

12 ROMAN CONSULS*

13 ROMAN CONSULS* * your textbook calls these guys magistrates

14 ROMAN CONSULS* Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates

15 ROMAN CONSULS* Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates Qualifications: member of patrician class elected by assemblies

16 ROMAN CONSULS* Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates Qualifications: member of patrician class elected by assemblies Responsibilities: lead army in wartime manage government in peacetime conduct religious ceremonies veto the other consul serve as judge

17 ROMAN CONSULS* Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates Qualifications: member of patrician class elected by assemblies Special Privileges: lifetime term in Senate after term wear purple, sit in an ivory chair, escorted by armed entourage Responsibilities: lead army in wartime manage government in peacetime conduct religious ceremonies veto the other consul serve as judge

18 ROMAN CONSULS* Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates Qualifications: member of patrician class elected by assemblies Special Privileges: lifetime term in Senate after term wear purple, sit in an ivory chair, escorted by armed entourage Responsibilities: lead army in wartime manage government in peacetime conduct religious ceremonies veto the other consul serve as judge Interesting Fact: Over 80% of Roman consuls came from the same 26 families!

19 ROMAN CONSULS*...this ivory chair is uncomfortable... Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates Qualifications: member of patrician class elected by assemblies Special Privileges: lifetime term in Senate after term wear purple, sit in an ivory chair, escorted by armed entourage Responsibilities: lead army in wartime manage government in peacetime conduct religious ceremonies veto the other consul serve as judge Interesting Fact: Over 80% of Roman consuls came from the same 26 families!

20 ROMAN CONSULS*...this ivory chair is uncomfortable... Term Length: One year * your textbook calls these guys magistrates how come my purple robe is really red? Qualifications: member of patrician class elected by assemblies Special Privileges: lifetime term in Senate after term wear purple, sit in an ivory chair, escorted by armed entourage Responsibilities: lead army in wartime manage government in peacetime conduct religious ceremonies veto the other consul serve as judge Interesting Fact: Over 80% of Roman consuls came from the same 26 families!

21 DICTATORS

22 DICTATORS S E N A T E e h t y b d e t n i o p Ap... y c n e g r e m e f o s e m i t during

23 DICTATORS S E N A T E e h t y b d e t n i o p Ap... y c n e g r e m e f o s e m i t during Ruled with for six months with ABSOLUTE POWER

24 DICTATORS Hi, my name is Julius Caesar! S E N A T E e h t y b d e t n i o p Ap... y c n e g r e m e f o s e m i t during Ruled with for six months with ABSOLUTE POWER

25 ROMAN ASSEMBLIES

26 ROMAN ASSEMBLIES Qualifications: male, citizens of Rome organized by class and age

27 ROMAN ASSEMBLIES Qualifications: male, citizens of Rome organized by class and age Responsibilities: approve or deny senate legislation recommendations elect magistrates such as consuls and censors decide on finances, declare war

28 ROMAN ASSEMBLIES Qualifications: male, citizens of Rome organized by class and age Responsibilities: approve or deny senate legislation recommendations elect magistrates such as consuls and censors decide on finances, declare war Special Privileges: the wealthiest and oldest citizens voted first, therefore influencing tothers

29 ROMAN TRIBUNES

30 ROMAN TRIBUNES Responsibility: protect plebeian rights in mostly patrician government

31 ROMAN TRIBUNES Responsibility: protect plebeian rights in mostly patrician government Powers: veto senate and consuls

32 ROMAN TRIBUNES Responsibility: protect plebeian rights in mostly patrician government Powers: veto senate and consuls While plebeians gradually earned more rights within TRIBUNES Roman society, were not taken very seriously by senators and consuls.

33 C E N S O R S

34 C E Two former consuls were elected to CENSUS conduct a every 5 years N S O R S

35 C E Two former consuls were elected to CENSUS conduct a every 5 years N S O Responsibilities: classify every citizen according to age and property (for tax purposes) R S

36 C E Two former consuls were elected to CENSUS conduct a every 5 years N S O R Responsibilities: classify every citizen according to age and property (for tax purposes) Had the ability to fire senators FIRE for immoral behavior S

37 OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY What are the parts of the Roman Republic? How did the Republic use checks and balances to ensure one branch did not become more powerful?

38 How DEMOCRATIC was the Roman Republic?