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| Consists of three different assemblies - Comitia Curiata voted on laws; Comitia Centuriata voted on election of magistrates who had executive power; and the Concilium plebis, which counterbalanced the uneven distribution of power and wealth among the people, i.e. the plebs' own assembly. CP elected tribunes of the people who could veto any action by any other magistrate. There is also a Senate. |
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| Originally only patricians, they later accepted ex-magistrates of plebian birth after 367 BCE. Nearly all of the most active and individually powerful citizens of the state were members and therefore influence was great. Senate tried to settle matters quietly among themselves before bringing the issue before any of the other three assemblies - Comitia Curiata(tribes/laws), Comitia Centuriata(military/magistrates), and Concilium plebis(plebs/tribunes. |
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| Senators and noblemen, the conquering Romans with full Latin rights. Started with the patres or head of the family system where fathers had total executive power. |
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| The common people, peasants, most likely people conquered by the Romans as opposed to the conquering Romans. People with some but not all Latin rights. |
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