Some Roman Information

The Romans founded a republic on the Italian Peninsula. Italy’s geography and Rome’s location had to do a lot with the rise of Roman power. The story of Romulus and Remus is used to explain the beginning of Rome. Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were the sons of Mars and a priestess. It was said that they were abandoned and left to die. A wolf saved the twins, and a Shepard …

…the 10 tribunes (officials). The tribunes could veto the Senate. The Senate was the most powerful of the groups of citizens. The Senate was made of 300 men. They could propose a citizen to be a dictator. A dictator could only be in power for six months. The two social classes were divided between the patricians (aristocrats) and the plebeians. In 450B.C., the Romans wrote down their first laws on tablets know as the Twelve Tables.