HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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What name is given to the two people who run the Roman government, and have the power of veto?
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Consuls
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Judges
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Senate
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Tribunes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Two consuls were elected each year, serving together, each with veto power over the other’s actions, a normal principle for magistracies. They were elected by the comitia centuriata, which had a wealth bias in its voting structure, which only increased over the years from its foundation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rome transitioned from a republic to an empire after power shifted away from a representative democracy to a centralized imperial authority, with the emperor holding the most power.
Detailed explanation-3: -During this time, Roman society was divided into two classes, patricians and plebeians. Upper-class citizens, called patricians, came from a small group of wealthy landowners.
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