WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -For 500 years Ancient Rome was governed by the Roman Republic. This was a form of government that allowed for people to elect officials. It was a complex government with a constitution, detailed laws, and elected officials such as senators.

Detailed explanation-2: -Electorate and turnout Voting for most offices was open to all full Roman citizens, a group that excluded women, slaves and originally those living outside of Rome.

Detailed explanation-3: -Law in the Roman Republic At first, only the upper-class patricians made the laws. But before long, the lower-class plebeians gained this right. About 60 years after the founding of the Roman Republic, discontented plebeians demanded a written code of laws and legal rights.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Roman magistrates were elected officials of the Roman Republic. Each Roman magistrate was vested with a degree of power. Dictators (a temporary position for emergencies) had the highest level of power.

Detailed explanation-5: -They started a republic, a form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting. Early Rome was divided into two groups, the patricians and the plebeians. Made up of rich landowners, the patricians were Rome’s ruling class.