Research Topics
Political Institutions of the Roman Republic
What are the major characteristics of Roman political institutions during the age of the Roman Republic?
One of the enduring legacies of the Roman world was their system of law and republican form of government. At the founding of the Republic, Roman society was split between wealthy patricians and the less-wealthy but far more numerous plebeians. How the Romans worked out their difficulties during the "Struggle of the Orders" and the subsequent "Roman revolution" reveals that the Romans embraced a policy of compromise and assimilation, at least until the reign of Augustus Caesar.