HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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could assist Etruscan authorities in governing Rome
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could veto laws they felt were harmful to plebeians
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were allowed to select patrician
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consuls were granted power to rule for six months
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Detailed explanation-1: -The patricians were the wealthy upper class people. Everyone else was considered a plebeian. The patricians were the ruling class of the early Roman Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the empire, the senate was at the head of the government bureaucracy and was a law court. The emperor held the title of Princeps Senatus, and could appoint new senators, summon and preside over Senate discussions, and propose legislation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plebeians-the farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders who made up the bulk of the population. The plebeians’ first breakthrough came in 450 B.C., when the government had the laws of Rome inscribed on 12 tablets and set up in the Forum, or marketplace.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ancient Roman republic had three branches of government. In the beginning, the legislative branch was the Senate, a group made up of 300 citizens from Rome’s patrician class, the oldest and wealthiest families of Rome.