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Published: 2017-07-21 13:07:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 3221; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 0
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Early Rome was not self-governing, and was ruled by a king (rex), whom possessed absolute power over the people. The senate was a weak oligarchy, whose main function was to carry out and administer the wishes of the king.After Romulus, Romeβs first legendary king, Roman kings were elected by the people of Rome, sitting as a Curiate Assembly, who voted on the candidate that had been nominated by a chosen member of the senate called an interrex. Candidates for the throne could be chosen from any source. The people of Rome, sitting as the Curiate Assembly, could then either accept or reject the nominated candidate-king.
The election depicted above is that of Numa Pompilius (r. 716 BC β 672 BC), the first King of Rome elected in this manner.
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Seriously, who was that English noble who got elected to be Holy Roman Emperor?
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Richard, Earl of Cornwall and second son of King John.
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Ah, that's him alright.
You know your stuff, don't you?
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I know how to use Google, anyway
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Yeah, but later (and more famous) Rome was ruled by Emperors that required no election.
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Us Irish used to vote our kings into office also, the Tanaiste likewise was elected(sort of like an emergency spare if anything happened to the main guy). Β Any freeborn individual of the clan was notionally eligible if he had the clan name and was free of any blemishes or maiming
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I knew that the High King of Ireland wasn't a strictly hereditary position, but I didn't think that translated to the sub-kings also.
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There could be some exceptions like the King of my native province of Leinster ~ Dermot MacMurrough became King largely because his brother died and suddenly there were hardly any other potential candidates, he sort of got the job by default.
Perhaps it would have been better off otherwise, Dermot is known a Dermot Na nGall(Dermot of the Foreigners), he hired Norman mercs to fight his Irish enemies, there's one description of him using the head of a dead enemy like a football and reputedly had one son of another enemy skinned, jointed and sent back to the rebelling father in a sack.
Some of these guys were tough S.O.B, elected or not.
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VREI SA PLECI DAR NU MA,Β NU MA IEI,
NU MA, NU MA IEI, NU MA, NU MA, NU MA IEI
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Can I take it as a good sign?
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