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| using written accounts, physical evidence, and oral tradition |
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| why told is more important than if it is accurate |
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| founder of Rome, first king of Rome |
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| Lucius Tarquinius Superbus |
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| last kind of Rome, overthrown following a coup d'état led by Lucius Junius Brutus that had been orchestrated in the senate |
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| blackmailed to sleep with prince, rape of Lucretia laid the seeds for a revolt |
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| the head of a Roman family, held legal privilege over the property of the familia, and varying levels of authority over his dependents |
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| Roman law and tradition, unwritten code from which the Romans derived their societal norms, for ex. Pater familias |
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| rich who has people in debt to him/herself |
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| poor who are indebted to a noble |
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| A law which gave the Plebeian Council the right to enact laws that were not subject to vetoes by the senate. The final result of the long class struggle between patricians and plebeians. |
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| 2 per year, generals, magistrate |
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1. Confirm or deny expenses
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| based on income, elects magistrates, declare war and peace. |
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| auctoritas = potesta + fides |
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| authority = power + faith |
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| new man, tries to become praetor/consul because once there, rest of family stays there. Achieved through glory in battle or accumulating clients through courts. |
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| organize and pay for games, police also |
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| serve 1 1/2 years once every 4-5 years |
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| for 6 months, emergency situation |
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| the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians, comprising a mixture of military and political administration posts |
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| used the courts to become a homo novus, and then became consul at the earliest age possible |
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| tax collector, supervises political projects |
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| citizenship w/o being able to vote or run for office. |
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| ally of Rome- you follow obligations, we will come when you need us. |
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