Roman Government: City-State and Empire: The Roman Republic
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The Roman Republic; Republic refers to the Roman city-state government in which the decisions were made by the senate and assemblies of male citizens, the only time the Roman Republic would have dictators, a single leader with all of the power and control, was when Rome was experiencing an emergency. When Rome first started they didn't have any form of Republic they had kings who ruled. Around 500BC is when Rome abolished its monarchy. Plebeians who were common people would elect people to become tribunes so that the plebeians had some say in who was deciding on the laws of Rome. In the fifth century B.C. the Plebeians felt that the laws needed to be written down so around 450B.C. the Roman laws were written in stone. The Romans were the first group of that time to have many different branches in their government and even though it seemed crazy and dysfunctional and it was the Romans succeeded greatly.
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