Some Roman Information
The Romans founded a republic on the Italian Peninsula. Italy's geography and Rome's location had to do a lot with the rise of Roman power. The story of Romulus and Remus is used to explain the beginning of Rome.Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were the sons of Mars and a priestess. It was said that they were abandoned and left to die. A wolf saved the twins, and a Shepard raised them. When they were older the boys each foun
Remus decided to jump over Romulus's unfinished wall. The Senate was the most powerful of the groups of citizens. There were three groups of citizens that were used to govern Rome: the Assembly of Centuries, the Assembly of Tribes, and the Senate. ded villages one on the Aventine and the other on the Palatine hills. The Roman's used a form of government called a republic. The Assembly of Tribes elected the 10 tribunes (officials). They could propose a citizen to be a dictator. , the Romans wrote down their first laws on tablets know as the Twelve Tables. Romulus was so mad that he killed his brother and swore to do the same to "whoever else shall leap over walls. A dictator could only be in power for six months. The two social classes were divided between the patricians (aristocrats) and the plebeians.
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