Roman Republic Developed
All of this activity was going on in Greece, while there were Prophets in Israel. Israel was the only country in which God was speaking to at this time. Other things were going on in other countries. Now we are going to focus on what was going on in Rome. They were developing a republic. This was around the time period of 509 - 366 B.C.
The Romans overthrew the Etruscan king in 509 B.C. They started a new form of government called a republic, after they had broken away. Their leaders were called, 'consuls' and the consuls were elected by the people.
There were two classes of people in Rome; the patricians, and the plebeians. The patricians had money and were from nobility, but the plebeians were the poor people. The plebeians were made up of farmers and peasants and this group composed most of the population. Consuls were elected by the Senate, which was the ruling body. The only people who could be part of the Senate were the patricians. The plebeians were not happy about this and fought against the patricians and won the right to be elected to serve in official positions. The fighting between the two groups continued, and eventually the republic had to break up.
Much of the foundation of our government was based on the principles developed by the Romans during this time in History. The United States was formed as a republic. That is where the idea originally came from.
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