HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Limits on time in office
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The Race of Honors
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Divide between patricians and plebians
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Use of togas
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Detailed explanation-1: -Key Feature: Checks and Balances A system of checks and balances in government prevents any one part of a government from becoming too powerful. In ancient Rome, the tripartite government kept any one person or group from taking control of the Republic. The Senate gave the aristocracy a voice in government.
Detailed explanation-2: -What limits were there on the power of the Roman consuls? They could only serve for one year, the same person could not be elected for ten years, and one consul could always overrule the others decision.
Detailed explanation-3: -Elected by the plebeians, tribunes had the ability to veto ( VEE-toh), or prohibit, actions by other officials. Veto means “I forbid” in Latin, the Romans’ language. This veto power made tribunes very pow-erful in Rome’s government. To keep them from abusing their power, each tribune remained in office only one year.
Detailed explanation-4: -In what ways did the Romans limit the political power of any one man? What they did was the consul could veto, or reject, the actions of the other consul. How did Roman political structures limit the influence of the poor? It limited the influence of the poor by not letting the plebeians join the Roman Senate.