From the book Thy Kingdom Comes
Chapter 6. Joshua’s Altar
Section 3. Rome the Believer
The Etruscans had known of the history and fortunes of Israel. Sea kings had plied the trade winds of the Mediterranean Sea for centuries. When Rome expelled the last of the Tarquinian kings (La monarchia etrusca) from their own land 500 years before the first Caesar became Emperor, they too established a patriarchal society in the form of a republic (La libera res publica). Their affluence and wealth grew under the patriarchal society and with it the number of tradesman, servants and slaves who immigrated to the affluence of Rome for employment. With the added population and increased wealth the bureaucracy of government also grew.
The word republic is said to have come from the Latin words Res Publica which often translate into the words commonwealth orthings public. The term’s origin was from the phrase “La libera res publica” used after the expulsion of kings. It is a Latin idiom meaning “free from things public” and the commonwealth wealth of the people was their individual liberty. It was a government of, for and by the people.
The original republic was one in which a freeman was free from public authority but was under his natural authority of the free eldest father or Sui Juris Patronus of his family. Each head of a family was king or prince. The ministers of the national government were “titular” in authority, meaning they held authority “in name only.” This did not mean that they had no power but that their power was restricted to their duties and themselves. The patriarchs were free from their public servants.
In an indirect democracy the mob elects those that govern the whole, while in the republic you only elected representatives, public servants, with a limited or no authority. A constitutional Republic grants some common authority to government but tries to rein that power with a contract or constitution. Under a constitution where the people retain the right to contract, they may continue to individually bargain the remainder of their freedoms away.
Most of the leaders of Rome were the Patricians who were the heads of family groups. They were chosen by the tribes out of those elders, to represent them in the Senate, meaning old men. Their power was limited and divided. There were also the Equestrians who were noble knights offering protection for society. These meager offices grew in number and power under the apathy and avarice of the people.
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