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The vote in the popular assemblies (the assembly of the soldiers, the assembly of the tribes and the plebeian council) was direct. However, the Roman Republic was not a direct democracy. It was an oligarchy. It was run by rich people.
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TaigaYes, but the watchword here is influence, not copied. Many of the Roman principles are incorporated in modern law but they have been modified for the times. However the concepts of personal rights have held almost universally.
The main influence on modern democracy is the concept of checks and balances of power. This today is conceived as separation of the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of the state. A main instrument of checks and balances in the Republic was the Veto. Officers of state of the same rank could veto each other, and officers of higher rank could veto officers of lower rank
ancient Rome was not a democracy it was for several years a monarchy, then a republic (not the same as a democracy), and then an empire.
no Athens was a direct democracy. The Roman Empire practiced republic and some other types of governments.
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Which group made the early roman republic more democratic?
In the early Republic the patricians monopolised power. They did not make Rome more democratic as they excluded all others from power and resisted plebeian demands , at first, for limiting their power which was often used abusively, and later for their access to the offices of state.
The major power struggles in the early roman republic were between?
The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.The two groups in the early Roman republic that had a major power struggle were the patricians and the plebeians.
The early roman government was a-?
The early Roman government was a monarchy (for 244 years, 753-509 B.C.).
What term referes to a class of wealthy landowners in the early republic of roman?
Patricians
Roman laws how did they influence on democracy?
The fall of anything democratic came about early in the Roman republic. However, thanks to their fanaticism and respect toward anything Greek, democratic ideas were spread through the world. So their contribution was merely to spread such ideas far and wide.
