Ancient Rome V - Politics of the Republic

This is the fifth of many chapters in History with a Twist of Lime's look on "The Historical History of Ancient Rome." This chapter deals with the different branches of the political system under the Roman Republic, including the jobs of magistrates such as consuls, praetors, aediles, quaestors, proconsuls, and censors, the increased prestige of the Senate, the roles of the Century and Tribal Assemblies, and an example of one of the few civilizations in recorded history where its citizens willingly allow a dictator to have complete rule.

As this is one of many chapters being produced over this project, I would invite you to watch the other chapters dealing with the history of Ancient Rome. They can be viewed seamlessly under this playlist on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtseWnNmHqg&feature=PlayList&p=AF3D846...

References:

Kidney, Frank L., et al. Making Europe: People, Politics, and Culture. Vol. 1. Houghton Mifflin, 2009.

Mackey, Christopher S. "Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History." Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Polybius. "The Histories." Composed: 2nd century B.C.

Vital, Nick. "The Roman Constitution." The Society for Ancient Languages. 17 June 2005. http://www.uah.edu/student_life/organizations/SAL/texts/misc/romancon.html

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Roman
• Republic
• Political
• System
• Magistrates
• Consuls
• Praetors
• Aediles
• Quaestors
• Proconsul
• Censors
• Senate
• Century
• Tribal
• Assembly
• Dictator

[ArchhereticK]

Great series man. Making any more?

[HistoryTwistOfLime]

Good sir, you may count on a new video every Friday or Saturday.

[Nitnelav1994]

I hope so cus these are funny while still accurate