Roman Government

1. Government of the Roman
Empire
By Ashley, Lizzy, Cadee, Adrianna

2. Vocabulary- a state in which supreme power is help by the people and
their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated
president rather than a monarch.
- any or various legislative or governing bodies
- a struggle between the patricians and the
plebeians of Rome for power that ended in 287 BCE; after the conflict
of orders, power is not only hereditary but instead based on political
office and wealth, especially how much property one has.
- one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly
ruled the republic.
- a commoner
- a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who
has obtained power by force.
- to reject a decision of law

3. - an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their
interests.
-Presided over by tribunes, this assembly allowed
expanded democracy by allowing plebeians to elect certain officials, try
criminals cases involving plebeians and
- either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public
morals.
- having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect
- having powers to make laws
- the judicial authorities or a country; judges collectively
- An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic,
ranking below but having approximately the same functions as a consul.
- the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law,
promulgated in 451-450 bc
- The ladder to the top of the executive offices.

6. • If you want to be in any branch of
government, you must have been previously
elected as an executive official and have 10
military service.

9. FACTS!!
• Rome’s greatest men vied to attain each
office.
• A man had to be 42 to obtain Consul.
• Rome reinvented itself as a republic.