id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8726 Roman Constitution - Wikipedia .html text/html 3216 496 55 The first Roman assembly, the 'comitia curiata', was founded during the early kingdom.[2] Its only political role was to elect new kings. The declining influence of the Senate during this era, in large part, was caused by the class struggles that had dominated the early republic.[dubious – discuss] The end result was the overthrow of the republic, and the creation of the Roman Empire. The Senate of the very early Roman Empire was as weak as it had been during the late republic. During the years of the Roman Kingdom, the king (rex) was the only executive magistrate with any power. Under the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the "executive branch" was composed of both ordinary as well as extraordinary magistrates. Each ordinary magistrate would be elected by one of the two major Legislative Assemblies of the Roman Republic. The principal extraordinary magistrate, the dictator, would be appointed upon authorization by the Senate of the Roman Republic. The Senate of the Roman Republic. The Constitution of the Roman Republic. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8726.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8726.txt