Day 21

Tarquin seizes the throne after the heirs die. He has Servius Tullius' father killed and refused to bury the body. He killed anyone who disagreed with his actions. Sometime later Tarquin's son, Sextus basically rapes a girl by blackmailing her and saying he caught her with a slave. She gives in and then eventually tells her family. She proceeds to kill herself and Tarquin tries to cover it up. People eventually notice and expelled the family from Rome. People never wanted kings in Rome after this so they implemented a rule of two consuls. Consuls were elected aristocrats that had a one year term. They would make laws, command the army, and dealt with the legal system. This is when the Twelve Tables come into play. The common people of Rome demanded that they be heard and refused to work with the military until they had some representation. This was the brand new republic of Rome. The United States based its government on ideas from the Roman republic. They both share the three branches of government and both have a legal code.