Describe difference between a patrician and plebeian. Patrician- upper class, landowning/ plebeian- common people, workers, small time farmers, some wealthy non-patricians.
Senate- gov. assembly of 300 (unpaid) patricians, appointed for life; first by king , then consuls
consuls- 2 senators who led the gov and military for one- year terms, could veto each other
tribunes- leaders of the plebeians assemble; first rather powerless, gaining ground over the years.
What is so important about the 12 tables? Marked the 1st time that laws were written down in Rome; set up to protect plebeians who were getting pushed around by patricians; publicly displayed in forum (450 BC)
Forum- Rome's political center
Augustus- first emperor, originally name Octavian
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