Zusammenfassung der Ressource
John Green Crash Course
- The Roman Republic
- People say that Senators
killed Julius Caesar because
he was going to destroy the
Roman Republic
- By 44 BC, many
senators decided
that Caesar ruled
too much of the
power in Rome
- As a result,
Caesar was
killed
- One of the things that made the
Roman republic endure in reality and
imagination was it's balance
- Three kinds of
government
were found to
be united in
Rome
- We still
don't know
what form
of
government
Rome had
- At the time of the
Republic, the people
were divided into
Patricians and
Plebeians
- The job of the
senate was to set
policy for the
consuls
- The senate
would choose
among two
Co-Consuls to be
the Chief
Executives of
Rome
- There had to be two
consuls so that they
could check each others
ambition and so that
they could each do
things independently
at the same time
- When a Consul's
term was up,
they couldn't
serve again for at
least 10 years
- A consul
had a 1
year term
- Romans also had a
dictator, a person
who would take
over in the event
that the republic
was in eminent
danger
- Julius Caesar
was born
around 100
BC to one of
Rome's
leading
families
- After being a
general for some
time, Caesar ran
for consul
- Caesar
finally
became
consul in 59
BC
- After a year of being Consul,
Caesar landed the
Governership of southern
Gaul which he quickly took
control of as well as the four
Legions
- While Caesar was
away, Pompey was
elected Consul and
restricted Caesar from
re-entering Rome
- Caesar however did break the
restriction and was in total
control of Rome in 48 BC being
named both dictator and
consul for life
- Caesar provided land
for his soldiers,
structured debts for
Roman debt people,
and modified the
calendar so that it
looks like the one we
use today