Offices of the Roman Republic

Consuls were the leaders of Roman provinces. There were two in power at a time, a plebian and a patrician. They had power of the senate and therefore they had authority over laws and Roman life. Consuls were also in control over the military. The American president is head of the state and is military in chief. There is only one president in power at a time. The president appoints ambassadors and meets with foreign leaders. The president also has power to veto any bills.

The Questors of the Roman Republic differ to the House of Representatives in many ways. First off, the Questors were originally appointed to look into criminal acts while the House of Representatives have sole power of impeachment. The House of Representatives gather evidence of any wrong doing in any of the three branches and turn information to the Senate. Questors were elected yearly by Comitia Tributa while members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years by the state they represent. By 276 BC, there were four Questers and there are currently 435 members in the House of Representatives.

The Roman Republic’s Senate was very different to America’s current Senate. There are 100 total members in the American Senate while there were 600 in the Roman Republic’s. Another huge difference in both is that the Rome’s Senate was solely made of males whereas America’s Senate is consisted of men and women.