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History of the Republic of Rome
With the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud closes the opening phase of the monarchy and the republic, characterized by the replacement of the king, elected by the Senate but serve for life, with the election by the senate of the two consuls in office for only two years.
But civil rights remain the prerogative of the nobles, the only ones able to vote in the Senate, elect the consuls and make laws. The riots and the riots of the plebeians led to the granting of two consuls, their representatives, with the power to veto laws deemed anti-plebeian. Civil claims of the plebeians, led in the fifth century BC a revolution, one of the highest achievements of all time. For the first time were recorded and displayed at the Forum where the tablets of bronze for the first time stated in writing the principle of equality of citizens before the law and that sovereignty belongs to the people. The granting of rights to the plebeians led to a loss of wealth by the upper classes, to make up losses by initiating an aggressive policy of conquest and unbiased. Rome asserted its dominance on the Etruscans, the Volsci, the Samnites, after turning his gaze to the south, entering the war with Tarentum and other Greek colonies. Within a couple of centuries (V-III BC), virtually the entire peninsula was under the control of Rome. The cities were dominated not enslaved, but forced to take as their own the laws of Rome and the Latin tongue. Iin other words were "Romanized". Trade policies undertaken by Rome in the next step, once extended their borders, led inevitably to the brink of battle with Carthage, the city founded by the Phoenicians and the hegemonic viewpoint merchant around the Mediterranean Sea. The Punic Wars lasted for over a century and a half, a period during which Rome nearly collapse through the epic undertaking of General Hannibal, who arrived in Italy with his elephants across the Alps but the story ended with a further expansion domain of Rome, extended hours on Spain and other Carthaginian colonies, easily obtained thanks to the total destruction of the city of Carthage, in turn transformed into a Roman province. In the same period Greece became the province of Rome. Corresponded to the period of expansion in an increase of internal social conflict. The enormous profits of the rich owners, opposed the progressive impoverishment of the plebeians. The clash is formalized in the comparison between two different models of conception status. He faced a more "democratic", represented by Gaius Marius, and a more "aristocratic", represented by Silla. The clash saw prevail at the moment Silla, who went so far as to proclaim himself dictator for life, only to give way after two years not to undermine the authority of the senate.
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History of the Republic of Rome
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With the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud closes the opening phase of the monarchy and the republic, characterized by the replacement of the king, elected by the Senate but serve for life, with the election by the senate of the two consuls in office for only two years. But civil rights remain the prerogative of the nobles, the only ones able to vote in the Senate, elect the consuls and make laws. The riots and the riots of the plebeians led to the granting of two consuls, their representatives, with the power to veto laws deemed anti-plebeian. Civil claims of the plebeians, led in the fifth century BC a revolution, one of the highest achievements of all time. For the first time were recorded and displayed at the Forum where the tablets of bronze for the first time stated in writing the principle of equality of citizens before the law and that sovereignty belongs to the people. The granting of rights to the plebeians led to a loss of wealth by the upper classes, to make up losses by initiating an aggressive policy of conquest and unbiased. Rome asserted its dominance on the Etruscans, the Volsci, the Samnites, after turning his gaze to the south, entering the war with Tarentum and other Greek colonies. Within a couple of centuries (V-III BC), virtually the entire peninsula was under the control of Rome. The cities were dominated not enslaved, but forced to take as their own the laws of Rome and the Latin tongue. Iin other words were "Romanized". Trade policies undertaken by Rome in the next step, once extended their borders, led inevitably to the brink of battle with Carthage, the city founded by the Phoenicians and the hegemonic viewpoint merchant around the Mediterranean Sea. The Punic Wars lasted for over a century and a half, a period during which Rome nearly collapse through the epic undertaking of General Hannibal, who arrived in Italy with his elephants across the Alps but the story ended with a further expansion domain of Rome, extended hours on Spain and other Carthaginian colonies, easily obtained thanks to the total destruction of the city of Carthage, in turn transformed into a Roman province. In the same period Greece became the province of Rome. Corresponded to the period of expansion in an increase of internal social conflict. The enormous profits of the rich owners, opposed the progressive impoverishment of the plebeians. The clash is formalized in the comparison between two different models of conception status. He faced a more "democratic", represented by Gaius Marius, and a more "aristocratic", represented by Silla. The clash saw prevail at the moment Silla, who went so far as to proclaim himself dictator for life, only to give way after two years not to undermine the authority of the senate.
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