HIST 010 Lecture 4: History 10 Lecture 4
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Pompey magnus: licinius crassus, julius caesar consul. ** test format: section from ta and professor, short answer and fill in the blank! They established an entirely new type of government, the roman republic! The main idea behind the republic was to divide. They were eager to create a republic but not democracy. Liked the system of checks and balances. Much of our gov was modeled after this. When the romans created this republic they were heavily influenced by the greeks. Only citizens with a certain amount of wealth could afford to serve or were eligible. Rome also had assemblies, voting, and elected by city officials. On the surface rome appeared to be a democracy. Rome was a narrow oligarchy gov run by a very few men. The senate consisted of 300 men and the way it worked was if you wanted election to office in. Romans offices were held for one year. You automatically become a senator for life.
