HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marcus Junius Brutus The Younger, Gaius Marius, Gaius Gracchus
2 Nov 2016
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Lecture 2 outline the roman world (c. 753 509 bc) Greeks & etruscans populate italian peninsula prior to rome"s fou(cid:374)di(cid:374)g. Early inhabitants speak latin (an indo-european language) The roman republic (c. 509 27 bc) Consuls (two elected annually) led armies and administered the government (top of the chart) elected on an annual basis. Senate (senators) senators serve for life; a select group (council of elders) that numbered about 300; they met on regular basis; by 3rd century bc, senate had all of the power. Centuriate assembly (also called the century assembly) basically this is the roman army functioning in its political role***; it was organized by classes based on wealth; thus, the wealthiest were always in majority; they passed the laws. The (449 bc) foundation of law; tables served as basis for roman law; they were the first codification of roman law; civil law is derived from these (like our constitution) Add the tribunes later-10 men- not as powerful.
