WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dictators (a temporary position for emergencies) had the highest level of power. After the Dictator was the Consul (the highest position if not an emergency), and then the Praetor, and then the Censor, and then the curule aedile, and finally the quaestor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls. At this time, lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government.

Detailed explanation-3: -In what 2 ways was the power of the 2 consuls limited? The consuls term was only one year long and the same person couldn’t be elected until another 10 years. One consul could always overrule the others decision.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gaius Octavius Thurinus, also known as Octavian or “Augustus, ‘’ served as the first official emperor of the Roman Empire, and is often seen by historians as the greatest.

Detailed explanation-5: -They commanded the army, convened and presided over the Senate and the popular assemblies and executed their decrees, and represented the state in foreign affairs.