In the Roman Republic, the citizens of Rome elected the Roman Consuls and thus controlled their own government. In the early Roman Empire, the forms of the Republic were often retained but not the reality of citizen control.
One of the great contributions of Rome, if not the greatest, was the concept of the personal rights of citizens.
The Latin term for Roman citizens or citizens of Rome is "quirites".
The "first citizens" of Rome were always the emperors.
The "first citizens" of Rome were always the emperors.
In Ancient Rome, some citizens preferred absolute rulers over the more complicated process involved elected officials (including senators) for several interconnected reasons. First, the value of a single good ruler with the power to enforce beneficial policies was both recognized and desired. Second, the all-too-frequent duplicity involved in election processes, along with the fact that corruption in a complex electoral political setting is more difficult to confront and correct, was also recognized -- and feared.
Ostia Antica does not really have a 'political history'. What is did have was a political importance: it was the harbour city of the capital of the Roman Empire, and practically all of the food necessary to feed the citizens of Rome came in through this harbour. Times of food shortage invariably were followed by political unrest and often by the downfall of the political figures responsible for keeping Rome well-fed.
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Romans are the citizens of Rome.
Rome's political capital was the city of Rome. It was briefly moved to Ravinia, and then Constantinople became the capital.
They are refered to as citizens of the first class.
To be a citizen in Rome, could only be men. Women and slaves were not citizens. Nobody what class you were, plebeians or patricians, if you were a man, you were considered a citizen of Rome.
Citizens.