Founding the Roman Founding the Roman RepublicRepublic

How did GEOGRAPHY help and How did GEOGRAPHY help and hurt the founding of the Roman hurt the founding of the Roman

Republic?Republic? ADVANTAGESADVANTAGES

Protected by Protected by mountainsmountains

Apennine Apennine Mountains are not Mountains are not hard to travel hard to travel through for travelthrough for travel

Peninsula –great for Peninsula –great for tradetrade

DISADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES Separated from the Separated from the

rest of Europe by rest of Europe by AlpsAlps

Open for enemy Open for enemy attacks due to attacks due to coastline and coastline and Apennine Apennine MountainsMountains

Apennine Mountains

Italian coastline

Romulus and RemusRomulus and Remus

The founding of the city of The founding of the city of RomeRome

Small villages formed together along Small villages formed together along the TIBER River to form Romethe TIBER River to form Rome

600 BCE—Rome began to grow into a 600 BCE—Rome began to grow into a prosperous city under the Etruscansprosperous city under the Etruscans

Tiber River located inland 15 miles Tiber River located inland 15 miles from Mediterranean Seafrom Mediterranean Sea

Rome built on seven hillsRome built on seven hills

Tiber River

The Early Roman RepublicThe Early Roman Republic

509 BCE– Republic is formed509 BCE– Republic is formed REPUBLIC: REPUBLIC: a form of government in which voters a form of government in which voters

elect officials to run the stateelect officials to run the state In Rome, only adult male citizens could voteIn Rome, only adult male citizens could vote

SENATE: controlled public funds and SENATE: controlled public funds and decided foreign policydecided foreign policy

Senate could propose that a citizen be named a Senate could propose that a citizen be named a DICTATOR in times of emergencyDICTATOR in times of emergency

The dictator could rule for 6 months and had The dictator could rule for 6 months and had complete control over the army and courtscomplete control over the army and courts

MAGISTRATES: elected officials who MAGISTRATES: elected officials who included: included:

ConsulsConsuls PraetorsPraetors CensorsCensors

Each consul could veto, or refuse or approve Each consul could veto, or refuse or approve the acts of the other consulsthe acts of the other consuls

CHECKS AND BALANCES: each part of the CHECKS AND BALANCES: each part of the government watched over the other parts to government watched over the other parts to ensure no one had too much powerensure no one had too much power

Assemblies: several assemblies Assemblies: several assemblies existedexisted

Made up of citizens who voted on laws and Made up of citizens who voted on laws and elected officials, including consulselected officials, including consuls

Elected 10 TRIBUNES---who had power to Elected 10 TRIBUNES---who had power to refuse the actions of the SENATErefuse the actions of the SENATE

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ORGANIZER BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:ORGANIZER BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:

Discuss and list possible SPECIFIC duties of the Discuss and list possible SPECIFIC duties of the following groups in the Roman government:following groups in the Roman government: SenateSenate ConsulsConsuls PraetorsPraetors CensorsCensors TribunesTribunes

Roman Senate