1. Membership was typically for life

2.Checks were in place especially for tribunes

3. Augustus lowered senate number from 900 to 600

4.Pebians and Patricians could hold office

1.sought rational explanations

2. looked at the stars, music, and number systems

3.asked what was the best way to live.

4. focused entirely on conduct or ethics

 1.largest city in world  100 BC – 400 AD

2. Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then assassinated in 44 BC.

3.most extensive political and social structure in western civilization.

4.influence of the Roman Empire on western civilization was profound

1.voters were all adult male citizens

2.plebeians elected their own representatives, called tribunes, who gained the power to veto measures passed by the senate.

3. twelve tables- guarantee every citizen equal treatment under the law.

4.Romans invited peoples conquered them to become citizens