The other was the civil wars that took place in the later stages of the Roman Republic. From the early developments of the Roman Republic, people were sorted into different categories of citizens. ... The Struggle of the Orders did no harm to the Roman Republic. ... From then on to 284 A.D., chaos broke out within the Republic. ... Under his rule, a half-century of civil war erupted which completely devastated the state of the Roman Empire. ...

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Upon hearing the phrase "Roman Republic", most people think of a rich, powerful, vast nation with a dictator as the only form of government. ... The senate was the largest part of the Roman government. ... The consuls were commanders of the Roman army. ... "There was a tradition that King Servius, after regulating the constitution of the state, intended to abolish kingly power, and substitute it for the annual magistracy of the consulship- (Schmitz 1) The consuls were a major part of the roman republic. The dictator is probably the most well-known jobs of the Roman republic. ...

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The Romans understood the need to rotate crops. ... Under the Roman Republic, the army was made up only of citizens who owned land. The Romans felt that property owners had a greater stake in the republic than did landless people and would therefore defend it better. ... The senatus (senate) was at its height during the early republic, and diminished during the latter of the empire. ... By the time of the late Republic, the distinction between patricians and plebeians had virtually disappeared. ...

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Under the Roman Republic, the army was made up only of citizens who owned land. The Romans felt that property owners had a greater stake in the republic than did landless people and would therefore defend it better. ... Citizenship meant protection under Roman law. ... The senatus (senate) was at its height during the early republic, but diminished during the latter of the empire. ... By the time of the late Republic, the distinction between patricians and plebeians had virtually disappeared. ...

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