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Republican Government • 2 Consuls (Rulers of Rome) (elected annually by the Senate) • Senate (Representative body for patricians) • • Tribal Assembly (Representative body for plebeians) The Roman Senate The Twelve Tables, 450 BCE • Providing political and social rights for the plebeians. • The Republics code Of laws. Slavery in the Roman Republic • When the Romans conquered the Mediterranean, they took millions of SLAVES to Italy, where they worked on the large plantations or in the houses and workplaces of wealthy citizens. • The Italian economy depended on abundant slave labor, with slaves constituting 40 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. Slaves served as singers, scribes, jewelers, bartenders, and even doctors. Latifundia • • • • • • Large slave plantations producing: Olive oil Wine Cattle Sheep Grain Rome’s Early Road System Roman Roads: The Appian Way Roman Aqueducts The Roman Coliseum Circus Maximus Carthaginian Empire Hannibal’s Route Julius Caesar • Conquers Gaul and returns to Rome in 49 BCE. • Crosses the Rubicon River “The die is cast” • Becomes ruler for life. Beware the Ides of March. 44BCE “Et tu Brute?” Augustus, First Emperor of Rome Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE The Legacy of Rome Republic Government Roman Law Latin Language Roman Catholic Church City Planning Romanesque Architectural Style Roman Engineering • Aqueducts • Sewage systems • Dams • Cement • Arch