western civ day fifty

• Tarquin seized power the old fashioned way
• Tarquin's grandfather died
• The grandfathers wife liked Servius Tullias more than her own kids so named him king
• Servius's daughter marry two men (Tarquin and another)
• One of the daughters (Tullia) kills her sister and husband which led her to marry Tarquin
• Tullia tells Tarquin to take the throne from her father so he does and then orders her father to be assassinated
• Tullia runs over he dads dead body with a carriage 
• Tarquin assassinates senators who object 
• Tarquin's son Sextus forces himself on Lucretia- she refuses and he threatens to kill her 
• Lucretia gives into the blackmail and then ends up committing suicide 
• Tarquin tried to hide it all but the poeple caught on and ordered him and his family out of Rome
• The behavior of this family made the people of Rome never want to be ruled under a tyrant or king again

• consuls are elected officials
• term of office: one year 
• always patricians
• duties: dealing justice, making law, commanding the army
• Rome and US 
• Both had 3 branches- executive, legislative, and judicial 
• Both have legal code
• Executive- Rome- 2 consuls, 1 year terms, and controlled the military
• Executive- US- President and VP, 4 year terms, and commander in chief of military
• Legislative- Rome- 300 officials, aristocrats, members for life, and assemblies had 193 members 
• Legislative- US- 100 senators, 6 year terms, and a house of representatives with 435 members 
• Judicial- Rome- Praetors with one year terms
• Judicial- US- supreme court, nine members, lifetime terms, and they were appointed by the president 
• Legal code- Rome- Twelve Tables
• Legal code- US- Bill of Rights