Roman vs US
ideas of citizenship, Law, & Justice
Citizens of Rome
The rights are: able to vote, hold offices, Own property & write contracts, & Go to court
Not all Equal
Male citizens have all the rights, Women have limited rights ex. no voting or govrnment offices, Slaves were property almost no rights, & Freedmen were former slaves with limited rights
The children of freedmen & women would be born as full Roman citizens. What connections can you draw between the freedmen children & the United States?
A connection that i can draw between the freedmen children & the United States is that if a child is born a country that child is a citizen of that country nomater who the parents are , but the parents DO NOT be come citizens.
Follow the laws
Focus on :
- Marriage
- Inheritance
- Contracts
LAWS WERE WRITTEN IN THE 12 TABLES
Rome Justice
Where do we see that in the United States?
We see it in the decollation of independence.
Judges made court decisions from trials & evidence.
Punishments
Fit the crime committed
Fines
Banishment have to leave Rome
Slavery
Execution if guilty of treason
Patricide killing your father, was punished by being drowned in a river
Slaves were beaten, harder work, or often crucified