HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
Question
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What is the name of the law making body who made laws in the Roman Republic?
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The House of Representatives
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The Senate
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The Assembly
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The Congress
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Senate convened and passed laws in the curia, a large building on the grounds of the Roman Forum. Much later, Julius Caesar built a larger curia for an expanded Senate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thus a committee of ten men called the decemvirs was established in 451 BCE to write down the law for the first time. The work they produced in 449 BCE, the Twelve Tables, documented the centuries-old customary laws and became the foundation of Roman law as we know it.
Detailed explanation-3: -It consisted of 300–500 senators who served for life. Only patricians were members in the early period, but plebeians were also admitted before long, although they were denied the senior magistracies for a longer period.
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