Even today, the ideals of government expressed and used by the ancient Greeks and Romans are well known. Although the Greek democracy and the Roman republic have many resemblances they also have many differences. Ancient Greek democracy and the ancient Roman republic may seem the same but they are actually both similar and different in three significant ways: how the system of a democracy and a republic work, how each government elected their officials, and how the hierarchy of each system was oriented.

First, democracies and republics are alike and unlike in the way that their general system works. Both systems give their power to the people. A republic is a "...form of state based on the concept that sovereignty resides in the people..." ("Republic" 1). A democracy is a "...political system in which the people of a country rule..." ("Democracy" 1). Additionally, both systems elect representa

Finally, the hierarchy of ancient Greece's democracy and ancient Rome's republic had likenesses and discrepancies. First of all, Greece did not elect representatives. Representative democracy was not used because the population was small enough to use a direct democracy, where citizens directly participated with politics ("Citizen" 1). On the other hand, Rome did use a representative democracy. Rome elected two consuls to be heads of state. These consuls had one-year terms and also could veto each other's actions. ("The Roman Government" 1). Below the consuls was the Senate which consisted of 300 men who were originally patricians but later could be plebeians. Alternatively, Greece elected citizens to be on the Athenian assembly which made laws, and also the "Council of Five Hundred" which proposed laws and advised the Assembly. The hierarchies of Rome's republic and Greece's democracy have similarities but they also contrast (Krieger, Neill, Reynolds 111).

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