I need to do a report on roman mythology for a class and I need to know how leadership is transferred
2007-02-22 11:00:07 · 7 answers · asked by jeff_cougsfan 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Well, usually there is just one ruling family, and the kings end up to be the sons of the next generation. The only Roman king never to be elected was Servius Tullius.
2007-02-22 11:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by ☼SoccerGirl☼ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to do a report on Roman MYTHOLOGY or Roman History?
Because if it is Mythology then you are better off doing a report on the Aeneid or the tale of the builders of Rome Romulus and Remus.
If you are doing Roman History, then the Heir to the Throne was normally handpicked by the Cesar(Emperor) himself. It usually ended up being an adopted relative scince they had no son. This trend was broken when Marcus Arelius chose his son Commodus(who eventually had him killed).
2007-02-22 19:12:12 · answer #2 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the early years of the Caesars, after Octavius Caesar Augustus, it was by vote of the senate. The senate voted all of Octavius's powers and titles to his nephew Tiberius. Then came Gaius Caligula, Claudius, and Drusus Nero.
After Nero was killed in an uprising, the Senate voted the imperial powers and titles by turns to a general Galba, then Otho, then Vitellius, and finally Vespasian. Vespasian's two sons succeeded him in turn, first Titus, then Domitian.
After the assassination of Alexander Severus in AD 235, there were the "30 Tyrants." Of those emperors it was said, "He who slew the slayer's slayer had the shortest respite until he himself was slain."
In those days, the emperor was chosen by acclamation of the soldiers and confirmation by the senate. The Roman constitution in those days has been described as despotism tempered by assassination.
2007-02-22 20:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Ceasar chose the next ceasar before he died. If he died before making a selection and didn't have a son or an heir, the Roman Senate chose.
2007-02-22 19:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the Republic days it was chosen by popular vote, and in the empire it was chosen by family and/or murder.
2007-02-22 19:09:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the guy who wanted to be the king just assasinated the previous king.
take julius caesar's story
2007-02-22 19:08:16 · answer #6 · answered by Abhay S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think by family
2007-02-22 19:07:27 · answer #7 · answered by DAVE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋