C C 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hannibal, Gaius Gracchus, School Of The Sextii
4 Jan 2017
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Highest executive in rome, power of respect/being listen to/influence over. Legislative: tribal assembly (plebs and patrician), mostly concilium plebis (no. Not a legislative body, but auctoritas (prestige, clout, influence, vs. potestas = In order to vote, you have to be in rome. No representative system when it comes to voting. you"re simply right there. Electoral: centuriate assembly; centuries are arranged by 5 classes of wealth. Consuls, when finished with their term, go to provinces and then go back to senate after their one year term. consequence = don"t rattle the cage, few new policy initiatives. 193, and later 373 centuries. you need to get the vote of 97 centuries. Checks and balances: doesnt really follow that line, esp bc roman constitution wasn"t written down, still had system of checks and balances. representative system. The gracchi: away, which will shape much of the last century of the republic. dispute = ide of march, caesar declared dictator perpetuity.
