HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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the senate was made up of plebians
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the senate was made up of patricians
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the senate was made up of women
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the senate was made up of both men and women patricians
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Roman Republic was founded in 509 B.C.E. after the last Etruscan king that ruled Rome was overthrown. Rome’s next government served as a representative democracy in the form of a republic. Initially, Rome’s wealthiest families, the patricians, held power and only they could hold political or religious offices.
Detailed explanation-3: -Through much of the Roman Republic, an elected official called the censor appointed new senators. Later, the emperor controlled who could become senator. In the early history of Rome, only men from the patrician class could become senators. Later, men from the common class, or plebeians, could also become a senator.
Detailed explanation-4: -The word “patrician” comes from the Latin “patres”, meaning “fathers”, and these families provided the empire’s political, religious, and military leadership. Most patricians were wealthy landowners from old families, but the class was open to a chosen few who had been deliberately promoted by the emperor.