THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

I. ROME: THE REPUBLIC

A. INDIVIDUALLY READ THE SECTION TITLED “THE ROMAN STATE” (PAGES 152-153).

B. AS A GROUP, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DIAGRAM THE ROMAN

     SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.  THIS DIAGRAM NEEDS TO SHOW THE

     RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN:

1. PATRICIANS AND PLEBEIANS.

2. CONSULS.

3. PRAETORS.

3. SENATE.

4. CENTURIATE ASSEMBLY.

5. COUNCIL OF THE PLEBS.

6. TRIBUNES.

7. TWELVE TABLES. 

C. ONCE YOU COLLECTIVELY DECIDE ON THE FORMAT, EACH

     INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO DRAW AND LABEL THE DIAGRAM ON THE

     PAPER PROVIDED.

D. BE READY TO SHARE YOUR DIAGRAM WITH THE CLASS.

II. CONCLUSION

A. WHAT CONCLUSIONS CAN YOU INFER ABOUT THE ANCIENT

     ROMANS BASED ON THEIR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT?

B. WHAT WAS THE BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ATHENIAN

     AND ROMAN SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT?

A.     WHICH SYSTEM DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MOST CLOSELY

RESEMBLE?  EXPLAIN.