 Aristocratic land holders  Held most power  Few in number

 Farmers, artisans, merchants  Majority of population  Citizens with right to vote

 No rights  Jobs Farming Artisans Gladiator

 Patrician and Plebeian men

 Patrician Authority to make law Only members of the Senate  Plebeians Citizens-right to vote for leaders only Eventually formed assembly (Tribune)

 Vote  Pay Taxes  Military Service

 Eldest man  Property and Family

 Ran households  Could not vote

 Rich-attend schools  Poor-worked/remained illiterate

 Educated at home  Married at to older man

 Etruscan Influence Etruscan Kings governed-600 BC Constructed temples and public centers

 Political center  Area for government buildings

 Harsh Etruscan Tyrant  Last king of Rome  Driven from power-509 BC

 Power rests with the citizens  Res Publica (Public Affairs)  Representative Democracy  Citizenship and voting granted to freeborn males

 Written law code of Rome  451 BC-Carved and hung in the Forum  Formed basis for Roman law

 2 officials  Commanded army and directed government  Limited power/one year  Consuls could veto each other

 300 Members from Patrician class  Administrative and Legislative functions  Great influence over foreign or domestic policy

 Centuriate Assembly All citizen soldiers were members  Tribal Assembly (Tribune) Organized by Plebeians Elected Tribunes Made laws for common people

 Appointed in time of crisis  Leader with absolute power  Made law and Commanded army  Six month terms  Chosen by consul and elected by senate