WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Not surprisingly, then, Rome inspired many features of our own Constitution, including its checks and balances, bicameral legislature, term limits and age requirements. In some cases, the Founders copied terms straight out of the Roman constitution: words like senate, capitol and committee.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -representation and participation of the poor; the power and influence of the elite; and. the need to enact swift decision making outside of representative government.