Research Paper on:
Roman Republic

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Rome. Prominent patrician families assumed rule by representing the Senate; as such, the absence of any king transformed Rome into a republic. The Senate, having long holding the  position of advisor, now held supreme power. It has been said that this early form of republic served as a role model for what the United States would ultimately  adopt for its government (The Rise of Rome/The Fall of the Republic). Two Senate-appointed patrician executives took the place of a single king, as a means by which to "avoid  the unreliability of a single administrator" (The Rise of Rome/The Fall of the Republic). The power that went with these two positions included, among myriad others, the ability to  veto the counterparts action. However, inasmuch as this new and undeveloped form of government was highly desirable, it did not ultimately dissuade the economic distress that perpetuated conflict between  plebeians and patricians. Particularly angering was the fact that debt slavery was on the increase among the plebeians. Forcible rescues occurred in order to regain the individual when he  was taken to pay the debt. This ongoing tension escalated to the point where certain plebeian members became defiant about establishing their own city. Land had become the  primary motivator behind this move, inasmuch as the farmer-soldiers and farmer-veterans did not believe they were receiving their fair share. As such, they "advocated the creation of an assembly  that spoke for their interests and the interests of all of Romes plebeians" (The Rise of Rome/The Fall of the Republic). High on the list of demands was that  of placing a plebian in one of the two Senate-appointed positions. Clearly, when the aristocracy was abolished, so too was the once-amicable relationship between the plebians and patricians. Compromise