Rome's early government was a monarchy. A monarchy is a government in which the supreme power is actually lodged in a monarch, or king. This monarchy led the way for the coming oligarchy. An oligarchy is a form of government where the power is given to a few people or a dominant class. This oligarchy was removed by a democracy. A democracy is a form of government where the supreme power is given to the people. Whoever studies the history of Rome will come to realize that the reason for the rise of the Roman civilization was due to the senatorial authority. There was a dual government between prince and Senate, which developed into the Empire. During the Empire, when all the power was in the hands of the Emperor, the Senate kept a tradition of respect for the people.

Although there is much information on the history of the Roman Senate, we are only going to cover the Senate in the early times o

paper will attempt to show how the Senate dominated the Roman government and became a great force during the Early Republic.

Most of the Senators lived in easy reach of Rome. They lived so close in case they were all called upon for special meetings. This led to frequent meetings in the time of a crisis, especially when it was necessary to act wisely without a delay. "In the year 509 B.C.E. the patrician families of Rome set up a quasi-rep form of government, with a pair of ruling consuls elected for a one year term"(T.R. Reid, 1997). This change was not recognized by the law, so the new position of the Senate was hardly ever questioned. Occasions where popular demands overrode the works of the Senate were extremely rare. Cases where the magistrate defied the senatorial authority were scarce. It was made understood that

In 452 B.C.E., The plebeians wanted a written code of laws. This was because the tribunes were always delayed from helping the poor by a wanting of a fixed set of laws that might bind judges to constant judgments. The Plebeians demanded a public code. This was because they accused the judges of being in favor of the patricians with individual interpretations. The Plebeians voted for ten men to be elected, instead of the two consuls, to serve as executives fore one year and act as a committee to draw up a code of laws.

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