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Can someone please give a short introduction to the Roman Assemblies in Ancient Rome?

• I feel like I'm drowning in information when googling it so hopefully some of you can help... Please include name of the assembly, numbers of members and who they were (aristocrats, plebs etc), what business they dealt with and all of that...just really short or something :-)

• Answer:

  The Roman Assemblies were institutions in ancient Rome. They functioned as the machinery of the Roman legislative branch, and thus (theoretically at least) passed all legislation. Since the assemblies operated on the basis of direct democracy, ordinary citizens, and not elected representatives, would cast all ballots. The assemblies were subject to strong checks on their power by the executive branch and by the Roman Senate. Laws were passed (and magistrates elected) by Curia (in the Curiate Assembly), Tribes (in the Tribal Assembly), and Centuries (in the Century Assembly).