Vol 3 Ep 26 - Ancient Rome: The Early Roman Republic

History of the World podcast

Chris Hasler

History

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🗓️ 21 June 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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509 - 272 BCE - With the monarchy abolished, Rome would still continue to have political and social issues as the Conflict of the Orders brought tensions between the patricians and the plebeians and threatened to halt Roman expansion before it even began.

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0:00.0	This is the History of Finland podcast.
0:17.0	Join us on a new bi-weekly podcast where we dive head long to the stormy history of Finland,
0:23.6	cracks between the big powers of Sweden and Russia,
0:27.2	and their claims over the peninsula.
0:30.4	Mixed with stories from my own life related to the themes of each episode.
0:35.0	You will also discover what happened along the way.
0:38.0	Things like what Napoleing had to do with Finnish independence and what he thought about it all.
0:44.0	Well, come along.
0:49.0	Well, that is a very good friend of the podcast,r matti yokimo with his history of finland
0:57.3	podcast I strongly recommend it what a fantastic voice he's got an amazing tone and a great accent and I hope you give it a try.
1:08.0	It's really worth a try. The History of Finland Podcast.
1:12.0	This is the history of the podcast. This is the History of the World Podcast with me Chris Hasler.
1:19.5	And you're listening to volume three, the classical world.
1:25.0	Episode 26, the early Roman Republic. The So, As we discovered in the previous episode, the Roman kingdom changed into the Roman Republic due to the fact that the Romans wanted
2:06.1	to get rid of their despotic king, Tolquin the proud. Some Romans actually wanted to remain a kingdom, even wishing for Tarquin the
2:16.3	proud to be reinstated. But the opposing sentiment far outweighed this and this was due to the fact that Tarquin the proud
2:26.7	had been a heartless ruler executing many senators who supported Tarquin's opponents. Due to Tarquin's extreme
2:36.4	behaviour the Romans had generally decided that they didn't need a ruling monarch and
2:41.6	that they could seek a more democratic style of governance by electing
2:46.6	consuls to oversee the fortunes of the Roman city state.
2:52.2	A citizens assembly would in state two consoles.
2:57.3	These consoles would be able to keep an eye on each other to prevent another despotic ruler of Rome.
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