HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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controlled by a king.
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controlled by an army.
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run by elected officials.
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run by nobles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman Republic was founded in 509 B.C.E. after the last Etruscan king that ruled Rome was overthrown. Rome’s next government served as a representative democracy in the form of a republic. Initially, Rome’s wealthiest families, the patricians, held power and only they could hold political or religious offices.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Republican period of Rome, political offices and institutions were designed to prevent any one man from becoming too powerful. These systems began to break down in the first century BCE. Rome was able to gain its empire in large part by extending some form of citizenship to many of the people it conquered.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Rome was the first state to use the term ‘’republic” (or as it’s said in Latin, res publica) in reference to a collective system of government. However, they may not have been the first to experiment with these ideas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Republican Rome (510-31 BC) Rome entered its Republican Period in 510 BC. No longer ruled by kings, the Romans established a new form of government whereby the upper classes ruled, namely the senators and the equestrians, or knights. However, a dictator could be nominated in times of crisis.