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A 3 page examination of the political systems of ancient Athens and the Roman Republic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Romans. They were individuals who were, in many ways, the people to first attempt structure that was somewhat fair and balanced in presenting forms of government that would prove stable.
The following paper examines the politics, of the ancient Athenians and the Roman Republic, with a comparison and contrast as well. Ancient Athens In ancient Athens the political
system was known as a democracy, but it was quite different from what we see as democracy today. "Democracies today are representative democracies, by which the general population elects a
small group of people every few years who then make all of the governmental decisions on behalf of the people" (ABC, 2003). In ancient Athens every single government decision was
made by an enormous assembly of individuals, all eligible citizens, who desired to take part (ABC, 2003). Sometimes this could mean that upwards of 6,000 people were taking part in
any government decision (ABC, 2003). This was called a direct democracy and it was in place, for most of the time, from 508 to 322 BC (ABC, 2003). However, there
were times when a tyranny or an oligarchy was in place (ABC, 2003). In addition the Athenians develops what was called the boule, a council that consisted of 500
members who were responsible for preparing "the agenda for the assembly and" carrying "out its decisions. This council also administered the state finances and a number of other state affairs"
(ABC, 2003). As would be imagined, these conditions altered from time to time and ultimately led to more confined forms of government where the people had little or no
say. Roman Republic In the Roman republic there was something referred to as the ladder of political advancement which was, in
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