Kingdom+of+Rome

(Note that a Roman Kingdom is not the same as a Roman Empire.) The Roman Kingdom was the monarchal government of the city of Rome and its territories. Not much is known about the history of the Roman Kingdom, as no written records from that time have survived over the time, and the histories about it were written during the Republic and Empire and are largely based on legend (Therefore may not be true). However, the history of the Roman Kingdom began with the city's founding, dated to 753 BC, and ended with the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the Republic in around 509 BC. Some of the important jobs in the constitution of the Roman Kingdom are:

> > > A Roman Senate.
 * 1) **Chief Executive** – served as the head of government with the power to enforce the laws, managed all state owned property, disposed of conquered territory, and oversaw all public works.
 * 2) **Commander in Chief** – commander of the Roman military with the sole power to levy and organize the legions, to appoint military leaders, and to conduct war
 * 3) **Head of State** – served as the chief representative of Rome in its relations with foreign powers and received all foreign ambassadors
 * 4) **Chief Priest** – served as official representative of Rome and its people before the gods with the power of general administrative control over Roman religion
 * 5) **Chief Legislator** – formulated and proposed legislative proposals as he deemed necessary
 * 6) **Chief Judge** – adjudicated all civil and criminal cases

Rome remained a Republic for a long time but by 133BC reform had began and the senate lost there power. The Gracchi brothers were the start of the end of the Republic, even though they did not relise this, there reforms began new legislations for future ambitous Romans to follow. The one who brought the old form of dictatorship which had not been used for so long, was Sulla. He abused the reforms of which Marius had changed the army to be a personal tool rather then a senatorial weapon. Pompey who was allowed to ignore all of Sullas reforms to the new senate and began the excessive use of Extraordinary commands. Pompey then started a group with Caesar and Crassus, known as the first triumvirate, the triumvirate was doomed to fail because the three were working together for the wrong reason and their personality clash caused a civil war, and the end of the Republic.

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