roman government is like the united states today
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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.
Julius Caesar was not just a ruler but a dictator as well.
Romans did not want one man to make all of the laws, so that is when they deeded to split the power of the government between three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial branch.
The executive branch- two leaders of the branch, the consuls, were elected for one year by the upper class. They supervised the senate and ordered the Roman army during wars. Other member of the executive branch was tax collectors, mayors, and city people in positions of power in cities.
The legislative branch- the senate ran most of the legislative branch, the senate was a group of 3oo male citizens, they could tell the counsels how much money they were allowed to spend and what to spend it on. These senates were appointed by the counsels...