May 14, 2019 Class

Who immigrated into Rome? Latins (first immigrants), Greeks, and Etruscans.
The capital Rome would have either stood on Palatine or along the Tiber river.
Greeks ruled much of the land around the Mediterranean Sea (also controlled Carthage).
Tarquin the Proud is the seventh and final king of Rome.

• The backstory:
• Sextus (Tarquin's son) wanted to court Lucretia and blackmailed her.
• She gave into blackmail and then committed suicide.
• Because of this, Tarquin and his family were ran out of Rome.

Res publica - "the people's affairs".

• English word "republic" comes from this.
• Basically three governments rolled into one.
• Aristocracy (the Senate 300).
• Monarchy (2 consuls).
• Democracy (tribunes).

SPQR - Senatus PopulusQue Romanum

• Decision made by "the Roman Senate and People".
• Has three branches of government:
• Executive is composed of the two consuls, which can veto each other and serve one year terms.
• Ar times, it also includes a dictator, who in turn serves for six months and has complete power.
• The legislative branch is composed of the Senate and Assemblies.
• The Senate was composed of 300 people, and later 373 people who served for life.
• The SPQR had a judicial branch composed of praetors chosen by the Centuriate Assembly and served for a year.

The United States government also has three branches and is modeled after the SPQR.

• The executive branch instead has a president and a vice president.
• The president is the most powerful single person in the United States, who has the power to veto bills proposed by the people and the Senate.
• The legislative branch, as the SPQR has a Senate, but with 100 senators.