Question

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-How did the Romans ensure that no one person would gain too much power in the Republic?
Specific questions to answer:
1. What is a representative democracy?
2. What does tripartite mean?
3. What is separation of powers?
4. How does the “check and balance” system work?
5. Why did the Republic have 2 consuls?
6. What was the job of the Senate/Assemblies?

Answer 1

hroughout the 1st century BC, the power and efficacy of the Roman .... Caesar's popular support proved too much for the entrenched optimates in the senate. .... While the senate could influence the enactment of laws, it did not formally make those .... While one can speak of a "legislative branch" of the Roman Republic,

The founding of the Republic did not mark the end for Roman troubles, since the new ... Internally, one serious threat was internecine feuding of the leading families. ... it was difficult to accomplish anything against the collective will of the Senate. ... In order to prevent any citizen from gaining too much power, new magistrates

that's what Wikipedia says

Answer 2

which question @micahm

Answer 3

number three sound good to me @Secret-Ninja

Answer 4

@justsmile531

Answer 5

@I_Always_Smiling

Answer 6

please help me

Answer 7

3 or 1 is what i had in mind

Answer 8

Yeah, I agree with him.

Answer 9

ok