Were Romans Really Democratic

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Rome was a so called Republic, But there were a few things that romans did that makes them a little bit of a democracy, along with things that make them very republic. My beliefs are that they were not really democratic but mostly a republic. Even though they may seem not as republican they really are. One evidence that proves that they do have a bit of democracy in them is unlike the Greeks, Romans would let not just rich people but poor people and liberated slaves vote on the legislature as well. This would definitely qualify them to be more equal for the “people”. In democracy they are all about the people and since Roman laws give more of a variety of people to vote and made it way more equivalent. The government how ever was not subsumed

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