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“There were dizzying levels of citizenship as well, based on social status, location, gender,”
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“and the common people, or plebeians.”
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“The consuls appointed members of the Senate, which dealt with governing daily life in the Republic.”
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“Two consuls were elected each year, splitting the power and responsibility of government between them.”
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“the victorious Romans created a republic in which citizens had representation in government.”
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“inheritance from the influence of the Etruscan Empire.”
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“civil engineering, city planning, and even the plumbing techniques the Romans would later perfect were an inheritance from the influence of the Etruscan Empire.”
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“Chapter Two The Senate and the People “This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.” —Livy In the beginning, Rome was under the control of the Etruscans, an ancient and advanced society in their own right.”
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“and culture, including the Senate, the army, and even the religion.”
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“Romulus with not only the founding of the city itself, but also most of the structures of government”
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“Romulus and Remus were discovered and raised to adulthood by a poor shepherd family.”
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“Romulus killed his brother and claimed the city as his own.”
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“Romulus wanted to build on the Palatine Hill, and Remus favored an alternate placement on Aventine Hill.”
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“boys were left to die of exposure on the banks of the Tiber River,”
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“The founders were twin brothers Romulus and Remus, sons of Mars,”
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“inexorable.”
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“diluted the silver content”
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