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RomanLaw. CHRONOLOGY 753 BC- Founding of Rome by Romulus. 752- 509 BC –
The Roman Monarchy which existed under the seven kings. ...
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CHRONOLOGY
753 B.C.- Founding of Rome by Romulus.
752- 509 B.C. – The Roman Monarchy which existed under the seven kings.
509 B.C. – The seven kings were expelled and a Republic was born.
494 B.C. Plebeians suffrage for basic rights begins.
450 B.C.- The first account of code written in Roman world and named the Twelve Tables.
287 B.C. – The struggle against the patricians ends for plebeians.
280 B.C. – Roman city- states being using coins as currency.
149- 146 B.C. – Third Punic War- Roman Empire gains control of Carthage and Africa goes under Roman rule.
60 B.C. The First Triumvirate- Pompey, Crassus and Caesar form a unofficial loyal alliance and lead Rome.
44 B.C. - Assassination of Julius Caesar
27 B.C. - 476 A.D.- The Roman Empire emerges
212 A.D. - Roman citizenship extended to all but slaves.
260 A.D. – Christianity legally tolerated in Roman World
476 A.D. – Entire Western Empire lost.
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Roman government, dating back to 753 B.C. served as a model for future countries and empires. Its intricate structure and representational characteristics, lead to a successful and long lived empire. Although in the earliest days the Roman rule was controlled by a king, a republic soon emerged. After the elimination of the seven kings, Rome was on its way to a less dictated government. No longer was the word of one man law, rather through the development of dispersed branches of government, the power was less controlled.
The Roman government flourished and through this transition more land was acquired and kept. The immense size of the eventual empire was controlled mainly by the local...
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