Week 1 Flashcards
Archaic period
began in 753 BC and ended in 367 BC
The Kingdom
founded by Romulus in 753 BC and came to an end in 509 BC with the ousting of King Superbus
Rex
The King. held unlimited imperium (state power)
Senatus
Senate, the council that advised the rex
Collegium
High priests (pontifices)
Patricians
the leaders of the old clans
Plebians
ordinary people who have been granted citizenship
The Early Republic
began with the fall of the kingdom in 509BC and ended in 264BC with the first Punic War
The later republic
began in 264BC with the first Punic War until the establishment of the Roman Empire in 27BC under Augustus
Consuls
Chief magistrates are chosen by a people’s assembly for a one year term in office.
praetor urbanus
a collega minor established in 367BC
later held imperium subject to the veto of the consuls
chosen by the people for one year
he held iurisdictio in all cases between Roman citizens
praetor peregrinus
a collega minor established in 242 BC
later held imperium subject to the veto of the consules
he held iurisdictio in all cases where both parties were foreigners or cases between foreigners and a Roman citizen.
The Principate
the form of government of the early Empire
began in 27BC with the rule of Augustus
lasted until 284 BC with the reign of Diocletian
The Dominate
the form of government of the late empire
began in 284AD
lasted until the reign of Justinian in 565 AD
emperors supreme power
old republicans held no power
The Western Roman Empire
Began in 248 AD
West no longer considered the center of gravity of the Empire
internal decay central to Germanic tribes
lasted until disposal of the last western emperor Augustulus in 476AD
The Eastern Roman Empire
Began in 284 AD
Diocletian was the first eastern Roman emperor
At the center of importance in the Empire with the establishment of Constantinople in 324 AD
It fell to the Turks in 1453AD
Archaic period
Began in 753 BC and ended in 367BC with the establishment of the praetor urbanus
Religion
Courts- ordinary citizens and prosecution left to injured party
Coincided with Kingdom and the early republic
Mos Maiorum
Traditional rules thought to be the will of the gods.
Considered to be fas, or rules dictating the relationship between gods and men.
Ius Civile/Ius Quiritium
the law of the Roman citizens in the Archaic period
Paterfamilias
the male head of the family, liable for damage caused by persons under his authority
concilium plebis
plebeian popular assembly established in 471 BC
allowed them to make laws that only apply to them
The law of the Twelve Tables
plebeians demanded that law is recorded for legal certainty.
451 BC, the Decemviri Legibus Scribundis was commissioned and promulgated creating the twelve tables of law
Leges Licinae Sextiae
Established in 367BC that allowed plebeians access to the consulate.
Lex Hortensia
a law passed in 287BC that stated that resolutions passed by the plebeian assemblies would be binding on all Roman Citizens
