The document summarizes the government of the Roman Republic. It describes the republic as a state where supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives rather than a monarch. It discusses the powerful Senate of Rome made up of patricians. It also describes the conflict between the plebeians and patricians, with the plebeians seeking political equality. Key political roles like consul, dictator, tribune, and censor are also summarized.

1. GOVERNMENT OF THE
ROMAN REPUBLIC
By Bryan Naval
R-jay Cabalar
Rica Gongora

2. REPUBLIC
 Republic is a state in which supreme power is held by the
people and their elected representatives, and which has an
elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.

3. SENATE OF ROME
 Senate, Rome’s the most powerful political body of
patricians. It has have been previously elected as an
executive officialas a tribune, questor, aedile, praetor, or
consul. Rome's republican government allowed citizens to
pursue offices in government, and wealthy, capable, glory,
and honor through military and political service to Rome.

4. CONFLICT OF THE ORDERS
 Conflict of the order also referred to as the Struggle of the
Orders, was a political struggle between the Plebeians
(commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) of the ancient
Roman Republic lasting from 494 BC to 287 BC, in which the
Plebeians sought political equality with the Patricians

5. Patricians
 originally referred to a group of ruling class families in ancient
Rome, including both their natural and adopted members.

6. Plebeians
 In ancient Rome, the plebs was the general body of free
Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by
the census. Shopkeepers, crafts people, and skilled or
unskilled workers might be plebeian

7. Consul
 A consul served in the highest elected political office of the
Roman Republic. Two consul were elected to served in one
year term. consul was given veto power over his colleague
and the officials would alternate each month.

8. Dictator
 Dictator is one who dictates, was an extraordinary magistrate
with absolute authority to perform tasks beyond the authority
of the ordinary magistrate.

9. Tribunes
 A tribunes is an officer of ancient Rome elected by the
plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the
patrician magistrates.
 They were well protected and held great power on behalf of
plebeians

10. Veto
 Veto is strike by plebeians was followed by patricians
acknowledging that it was no longer as it had been in the
days when aristocrats alone were the warriors.

11. Assembly of the Plebs
 elected officials, passed legislation that applied to all social
classes, and tried criminal cases involving commoners

12. Censor
 censor was created. There were to be two censors. The
census was needed for the collection of taxes and in
organizing military duties. The censors learned of the extent
of a man's property so that men who could afford it.

13. Twelve Table
 The Law of the Twelve Tables was the ancient legislation
that stood at the foundation of Roman law.
 They were laws that familiar to life, to develop through priority
and experience a culture for modern times.
 Aristocrats had taken the laws, believing that only they had
enough perceptive of the mysteries of religious lore