HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Pay taxes and head the army
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Head the army and run the Forum
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Build temples and head the army
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Head the army and run the government
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Detailed explanation-1: -Consuls, however, were in a very real sense the heads of state. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roman consul A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic (509 to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the highest level of the cursus honorum (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspired). Consuls were elected to office and held power for one year.
Detailed explanation-3: -Two consuls led Rome’s executive branch. They commanded the army and directed the government for one year. Each consul had the power to veto, or overrule, the other.
Detailed explanation-4: -The executive branch was made up of two consuls, elected yearly. These two consuls had almost kingly powers, and each could veto, or disapprove of the other’s decision.