Rome
There is a legend about Rome’s beginning. By the lovely Tiber River on the Palatine Hill, which had much traffic and trade, there were two brothers, Remus and Romulus. The young boys were rescued by a radiant wolf. When they were older, they built a city in honor of the wolf. Unfortunately, they fought barbarically over the boundaries of their power. Remus was killed. Romulus became king. The beautiful city was named Rome.
Rome separated into three classes, the rich patricians, plebeians, which were ordinary citizens, and the slaves. Since slaves, who were not considered citizens, were treated very cruelly, they did most of the hard labor. Only Roman citizens were allowed to vote and join the army. Wealthy patricians were not allowed to marry plebeians and a person must be born into being a patrician. No matter how hard plebeians worked they could never earn the title of patrician. Eventually, plebeians gained the equal rights of patricians. Citizenship was desired by all.
There were many stages in the Roman government. After Romulus, Rome was controlled by six kings. Eventually, kingship was run out of Rome. The Roman consul soon began. One of these consuls was Julius Caesar. His rule did not last long because Senators, who were prominent citizens, killed him. Emperors took over and the Senate did not have much power. Rome fell in A.D. 476.

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