The people of Rome were farmers and herders. For time, they were under the control of their neighbor the Liruscans he became a rich city, ruled by kings n 509 BC, the Romans drove out their tas king, Tarquin the Proud Rome then was ruled by a Senate Rich men, called senators, ran the government. Poor men called republic, The republic ber ame a plebeians) had much less power The plebe s fough! for fairer trea A plebeian, who was a free man (someone who was not a slave). could be a Roman citizen, People in lands conquered by the Romans could become citizens too omen and slaves could no be citizens so they could not vote in elections The Senate could not always control the Roman army. Army generals sometimes fought one another. Romes best general was Julius Caesar, He lived in the 1st century BC and invaded Britain twice. Caesar came close to being emperor of Rome, but he was murdered in 44 Bc. By then, Rome was more than a city. It was the capital of an empire The Romans ruled lands from France to North Africa