2. The Roman Republic: 509-31 B.C.
753 BC: Traditional date for the founding of Rome. Agricultural settlements on the Palatine hill.
BC: Etruscan kings rule Rome.
BC: Conquest of the Italian peninsula. Beginnings of the system of roads.
390 BC: Rome is sacked by Gauls and rebuilt.
BC: First Punic War
BC: Second Punic War
146 BC: Third Punic War and the conquest of Greece.
BC: Civil War and the End of the Republic.

5. Number Elected – Term Length Duties and Responsibilities
Govt. Officials
Number Elected – Term Length
Duties and Responsibilities
Consuls:
Two elected for 1 year terms
Executive officials – Led the Roman Army
Praetors:
Eight elected for 1 year – later for life
Responsible for the administration of law
Quaestors:
Twenty elected for 1 year
Financial officials – administer treasury
Aediles:
Four elected for 1 year
Run maintenance and repair of public buildings
Tribunes of the Plebians:
Two-Four then ten elected from Plebians for 1 year
Summoned meetings of the Plebian Councik
Censors:
Two elected for 18 months
Administer census of property and citizen
Legislative Bodies:
Number elected and/or for fixed rate of time
Various duties
Senate:
100 in early Republic – then 300 then 900 – served for life
Decrees the force of the laws
Popular Assemblies
Assembly = All Plebians
Tributa – Centuriata
Curiata – Plebis
Selected the 4 Tribunes Populares
Centurale Assemblies:
Decided on War/ Peace
Elected higher officials.
Council of the Plebians:
Started in 287 B.C
Its resolutions are binding on all citizens.