The Roman Republic began around 509 BC when nobles drove the king and his family out of Rome. This colossal incident helped begin the transformation of the monarchy into a republican governmental system. This is known to have begun when Roman nobles sought to maintain the power they had acquired. The Republic was “[a] city-state [that] was the foundation of Greek society in the Hellenic age; in the Hellenistic age, Greek cities became subordinate to kingdoms, dispensing political units ruled by autocratic monarchs” (Perry 105)This new republican government, administered by consuls, was not the easiest to transform. Due to the expansion in Italy, the government began to start political institutions. These institutions enforced laws and provided authority much like the imperium. “The Romans had a clear concept of executive authority, embodied in their word imperium, or “right to command” (Spielvogel 117). Since the Romans were very sensible in their actions, they carried them out and implemented them only if necessary. The most important positions held were those of the few elected magistrates and the two consuls who were "chosen each year, administered the government and led the Roman army into battle" (Spielvogel 117). If the consul were otherwise occupied, the responsibility would be assumed temporarily by a dictator or praetor. Due to the compulsion of the plebs, the council of decemvirs “was created with the task of regularizing and publishing the laws” (Spielvogel 118). The result of this was the creation of the Twelve Tables, published around 450 BC, which did nothing but “whisper further agitation on the part of the plebs” (Spielvogel 118). The benefits of this were... middle of the paper... belief in various gods and goddesses. After the expansion of Rome they began to develop other forms of deities based on Greek culture, which basically means “Greco-Roman” religion. Although many religious cults connected to Rome, including Greece, were often accepted, many were banned. Families were the basis of Roman society while the dominant males, paterfamilias, “held absolute authority over his children” (Spielvogel 129) and others in his family. . Roman citizens were classified by three names to differentiate them from other families, but women were usually known by only one. “Females will remain under guardianship even when they have reached the age of majority,” (Spielvogel 119). Upper class women were never given true freedom, but they began to make discoveries and found ways to circumvent the "guardianship" of males in their families.