Latins, Etruscan, Greeks
tarquin- the last king of Rome, he was an old school tyrant. He was unkind, unfair, and hard
Roman's loved the way the Greeks did things
Tarquin's son raped a notable women he got no punishment- that's what pushed the people of Rome over the edge and ran Tarquin out of town
res republica - Latin for "peoples affairs"
Patricians- loaded with money, influential
plebeians - loaded with money, not influential
aristocracy formed senate- 300 powerful people
they make laws
democracy-assembly- tribunes
12 tables- 12 big tablets that had all the laws and there punishments on them
consuls- 2 people
not father or son either
chosen by the senate
each of the consuls can veto each other
they were there for 1 year
US:
2 senators for each state - 6 year terms.
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