Many things the Romans did attributed to the success and longevity of the Roman Empire. ... Another reason Roman was so successful was because of the way they ran their government, sometimes referred to as "the Roman senate and the people". ... The government also consisted of the senate and the consul. The senate was mostly made up of the aristocracy; the people serving on the consul were voted by the people annually. The senate couldn't pass laws but could give strong advice to the consul who did pass the laws. ...

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Roman government is exactly like ours today. The Roman government is not exactly like ours today. The Romans had emperors that did not exactly exist at the start of the empire, but then the Romans felt that one man was needed to be the leader of the empire. ... They supervised the senate and ordered the Roman army during wars. ... These senates were appointed by the counsels. ...

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The First Punic War marked the first Roman involvement outside of Italy, and was the beginning of the Romans conquest of the Mediterranean. ... The Second Punic War was the hardest war the Romans ever fought and resulted in huge losses for the Romans in materials and manpower. ... The Romans were slow because the Roman senate hesitated sending help, because they thought it was improper to support what was pretty much a robber-state, and because the Senate feared war with a great sea-power, and also because if they interfered they would be in breach of the treaty which had strictly forbidden th...

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The government was mainly aristocratic in the time of the roman republic (509 B.C.-264 A.D.) where an oligarchy of Patrician families headed by two consuls governed in consultation with the roman senate, but by the time of the Roman Empire, emperors reigned in power with the senate below them . Although the Romans had a good system of government it was one that developed over time. ... Art and Architecture was also a branch in which the Romans never failed to excel. ... As far as power was concerned the Romans were the most powerful people in their time. ... The Romans were not only good s...

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The Romans have had almost every type of government there is. ... In general, the Romans were very power-hungry. ... Romulus chose one hundred fathers to form the Senate. ... Finally it was decided that the Romans would pick a Sabine king. ... According to Asimov, when he was off at war withthe Volscians, the Senate voted to exile ...

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