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Ecce Romani History I

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The Early Republic

509-265 B.C.

Directions: Answer these questions as you read pages 168-173. Keep this for the test.
1. Who were the first consuls? (two names)
2. What was a consul?
3. How long did a consul serve?
4. Why was a consuls term so short?
5.What was the function of each of the following offices which ranked below consul?
a.praetor
b.aedile
c.tribune
d.quaestor
e.censor
6.What was a dictator?
7. What was the cursus honorum?
8. How many assemblies were there?
9. Who was in the comitia centuriata?
What did it do?
10.Who was in the comitia tributa?
What did it do?
11. How did the Senate function during the Republic?

12.How did Romes military needs offset its social divisions?

13. Who represented the plebeians?
14. What was the first collected document of Roman law, and what did it guarantee?
15. What role did the tribal assembly have in making Romes government more
representative of all its people?
16. Name some of the tribes that attempted to challenge Romes authority.
17. Why is Camillus a Roman hero?
18. How did Rome change its military organization?
19. What is a Pyrrhic victory?
20. In what ways did the res publica Romana change the way it treated its
conquered?

21. Please draw a chart on the back of this sheet of paper of the Roman government
and how its various components related to each other. For a modern example of what
I am looking for see below.

Ecce Romani Chapter 20 pp. 168-171

HISTORYITHE EARLY REPUBLIC
As you read pages 168-171 answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Besure to back up your answers with details from the selection.1.Rome expanded
geographically during the early part of the Republic. Describe threereasons
this growth occurred.2.Why did the Romans decide to elect two consuls
yearly?
3. Explain the cursus honorum and the responsibilities of each office it contained.
4. Why wasnt the position of dictator part of the cursus honorum?

5.For whose benefit was the Centuriate assembly divided by wealth?

Explain your answer.
6.What system of checks and balances did the Romans institute with the
TribalAssembly?
7.What group held the most power in the Republic? Explain your answer.
8.How was the plebian class especially important in Rome?
9.What were the Laws of the Twelve Tables, and how did they help the
Romansmaintain a representative system of government?
10.What methods did the Romans use the counteract the increasing enemy forces
itfaced?
11.Explain the meaning of the expression (still in use today) of a Pyrrhic
victory.
12. What measures did the Romans utilize after conquering their enemies militarily
tostrengthen Romes political and military might.