What are the differences between the Greek government and Roman government?

Answer 1

1. The citizenship was definitely different. In Greece you had to be a free, native born, landowning, male. In Rome your parents had to be born there, you had to serve in the army, or you could buy citizenship. 2.The ancient Greeks were either a democracy, oligarchy, or monarchy. It depended which city- state you were in. Greece had such a divided land because of the geography, they couldn't stay in just one type of government. But Rome was all together so it was mostly a republic. This type of government is where citizens vote for their leader, the leader doesn't come from a dynasty unless the Senate tells them different. 3. When the people in the army volunteered in Greece, Rome did too until a general came along named,Marius. He became a consul in 107 B.C. He began to recruit soldiers from the poor, in return he paid them and promised them land.

Answer 2

Originally, there was no Greek government. Each city was its own country, governed as what we would now call an independent nation. Some cities were monarchies or oligarchies, but some developed democracies, where all the voting citizens came together in a public square to vote on how to govern the city. Some of these democratic city-states became empires, but still remained democracies, in the sense that citizens still voted on governmental functions - but many people living in the empire were not citizens and could not vote.

Originally the Roman government was a monarchy, but it became a Republic, where the voting citizens elected representatives to run the government. As it was becoming an empire, Rome remained a Republic in terms of how those runing the government were chosen. Most residents of the far-flung empire where not citizens and did not participate in that selection. Even after it was really run by an Emperor, the forms of a republic were retained for hundreds of years.

Answer 3

The Roman government changed over the 1,200 years of ancient Rome's history. Tt had a monarchy for 244 years (753 BC-508 BC), a republic for 482 years (509 BC-27 BC) and rule by emperors (27 BC-276 AD).

Greece was divided into many different states. Each state had it own political system.

Aristotle, the ancient greek philosopher, classified the political systems of the Greek states into: monarchy (government by one man for the common good) Tyranny (arbitrary rule by one man for his personal advantage) aristocracy (government by the best people according by virtue alone) oligarchy (rule by the rich) democracy (rule by the people) and mixed constitution (a combination of elements of the other systems mentioned above).

Following Aristotle's model, the ancient historian and political writer Polybius interpreted the political system of the Roman Republic as a mixed constitution. By this he meant that Rome had a complex political system which combined elements of three simpler political systems: monarchy (the two consuls who headed the Republic), aristocracy (the senate) and democracy (the popular assemblies which voted on bills and elected the officers of state). He argued that such a complex system was better than the simpler systems because the latter had flaws. Combining various elements of different systems was better because the three parts of the republican system would check each other with the result that no part could abuse power or "degenerate." This ensured stability.

Answer 4

Early Athens was ruled by the aristocracy. Then there was a period of democracy (early 6th century BC-541 BC) a spell of rule by tyrants who in the Greek world were necessarily despots, they were men who seized power by force (541-510 BC) and the return of democracy (501-338 BC). This was followed by Athens being ruled by the Kingdom of Macedon (388 - 200 BC), an independent spell and then rule by the Romans (87-395 AD). Rome was a monarchy for 244 years, a republic for 482 years and rule by emperors for 506 years.

There have been comparisons between the Roman Republic and the democratic period of Athenian history.

The biggest difference was that Athens was a democracy and Rome was an oligarchy with some democratic elements.

Democracy was invented in Athens in the late 6th century BC. To the Greek this meant power to the people and they meant it literally. All the decisions were made by male citizens gathered in the assembly of the people, which also voted on bills. The citizens also sat in the courts. The executive implemented the will of the people.

In Rome power was exercised by an oligarchy of aristocrats and wealthy entrepreneurs The equites or equestrians). There was not a centralised executive like a cabinet or administration. There were five types of elected officers of state who acted independently within the remit of their offices. The top officers were the two annually elected consuls who were the heads of the republic.

The senate was not an elected body. Its members were aristocrats and former officers of state. It was not a legislative body, but it could issue decrees. It was an advisory body. It became the most powerful political body in the Republic

The democratic elements of the Roman Republic were the three popular assemblies. The Assembly of the Soldiers voted on war and peace, elected the senior officers of state, acted as a court of appeal for capital punishment cases until 81 BC and originally it voted on bills. The Assembly of the Tribes elected the junior officers and acted as a court of appeal for other cases, also until 81 BC. In 81 BC all appeals were transferred to a special jury court. The Plebeian Council elected the plebeian tribunes and later became the body for voting on bills.

Answer 5

Women couldn't vote, only male, Roman Citizens.

Answer 6

The democracy of ancient Athens was different from the ancient Greek democracy in two important aspects: participation and eligibility. Democracy in Athens was direct.

Answer 7

WOMEN were not to vote