Emperors in Rome could designate heirs, but armies would often proclaim their own emperors. Since there was no clear line of succession, this created political problems.
The Roman Republic was hierarchical, and the patricians made up the dominant class. They were divided into Senatorial-rank and the equites. Below that class were the plebeians, who formed the majority of Roman citizens. Below them were freed slaves, and at the bottom were enslaved people.
7.) Roman citizens were divided up into two distinct classes: the plebeians and the patricians. The patricians were the wealthy upper class people. Everyone else was considered a plebeian. The patricians were the ruling class of the early Roman Empire.
8.) During the reigns of the first emperors, legislative, judicial, and electoral powers
were all transferred from the Roman
assemblies to the senate. However, since the control that the emperor held over the senate was absolute, the senate acted as a vehicle through which the emperor exercised his autocratic
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