The Greeks and Romans invented Democracy, Senators, Trial by jury, and rule by the masses in general. Additionally, most other 'Enlightment' ideas can be traced back to them, although most history books would rather give the credit to more recent figures.
There was a degree of influence from the philosophical and moral writings of Cicero on the writers of the US constitution. However, the real inspiration for their work were the ideas of the French philosopher Montesquieu who produced his own interpretation of the ancient Greek scholar Polybius of the constitution of the Roman Republic.
A federal republic
The United States has three branches of government and so did the Roman Republic. One big difference is, the Roman Republic could appoint a dictator in times of crises. This is something the US cannot do.
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The ideals of the Roman Republic inspired the writers of the American Constitution.
The Founding Fathers of the US and later the Framers of the US Constitution looked at the structure of the ancient Roman Republic as a model for their idea of the new US republic. Flawed as it was, the Roman Republic had what can be termed a government structure where power was shared. The US Constitution created a central government where powers are shared. It has been said that the US republic was the first one after ancient Rome's republic.
There was a degree of influence from the philosophical and moral writings of Cicero on the writers of the US constitution. However, the real inspiration for their work were the ideas of the French philosopher Montesquieu who produced his own interpretation of the ancient Greek scholar Polybius of the constitution of the Roman Republic.
Republic
Temporary dictatorship
Democratic Republic
republic
the u.s. can: •vote • has a senate as the roman republic did too
Most all of it is taken from other governments. Limited government and a Constitution from Britain, and a Republic from Roman government are a couple examples.
The constitution in 1789.
In Rome there was an obvious divide between the rich and poor, and they were represented by difference branches of government. In the US, the constitution states that everyone is equal before the law regardless of wealth. The Roman constitution had three branches: the legislative (based on the Athens democracy), the executive (based on the Spartan oligarchy) and the judidical (based on the previous monarchy) and the US constitution was a vast improvement on this.
The Roman Republic influenced American Government. They let Roman men to vote for leaders, like how America votes for the president or Congress.