With questions regarding a choice, one has to list the alternatives.
The Roman Republic was a form of government in ancient Rome where elected officials represented the people and made decisions on their behalf. Canadian democracy, on the other hand, is a modern system where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf in a parliamentary system. The key difference lies in the time period, structure of government, and societal norms that shaped each system.
The Roman Empire was not a democracy, there were no votes and no voted elected officials. It was however designed as a Republic which had appointed representation, Senators.
Republic and democracy are two different things. A Republic can be a democracy, just as a constitutional monarchy today can be a democracy. Democracy existed in the Roman Republic, as it had three different assemblies of the citizens (Centuriate, Tribal, Plebeian). Athens went through phases - monarchy, oligarchy, limited democracy, radical democracy.
The Roman Senate was structured differently from modern legislatures.
Rome's influence is minimal. The Romans system of government was different than the modern ones, stemming from an ancient society which was totally different than ours, and unsuited for modern societies. The period of the Roman Republic had a degree of democracy. The popular assemblies elected the officers of state and voted on bills. However, despite this, Rome was an oligarchy, where the aristocracy and the wealthy elites wielded power. Moreover, the system of direct democracy, where the people voted on bills themselves, of both the Greeks and the Romans was rejected in favour of representative democracy, where bills are voted by elected representatives, such as congressmen, MPs or senators. The officers of state, unlike in the Roman Republic, are not elected. They are appointed by the government. The Roman Republic was a source of inspiration for the independent city-states of Italy in the Middle Ages, whose systems of governance was modelled on that of this republic.
Athenian democracy, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
the Empire was virtually a Dictatorship and the republic was a democracy
Their territory was too large to govern by democracy
The Roman Republic was a form of government in ancient Rome where elected officials represented the people and made decisions on their behalf. Canadian democracy, on the other hand, is a modern system where citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf in a parliamentary system. The key difference lies in the time period, structure of government, and societal norms that shaped each system.
The Roman Empire was not a democracy, there were no votes and no voted elected officials. It was however designed as a Republic which had appointed representation, Senators.
The Roman Republic was a republic fully because it was not ruled by a king or other aristocrats. This is the definition of a republic. That is all you need to be a republic. A republic can be a democracy, an oligarchy or a dictatorship, so long as it is not ruled by a king or other aristocrats.
Republic and democracy are two different things. A Republic can be a democracy, just as a constitutional monarchy today can be a democracy. Democracy existed in the Roman Republic, as it had three different assemblies of the citizens (Centuriate, Tribal, Plebeian). Athens went through phases - monarchy, oligarchy, limited democracy, radical democracy.
The Roman Senate was structured differently from modern legislatures.
The Roman Senate was structured differently from modern legislatures.
The Roman Senate was structured differently from modern legislatures.
democracy, the senate, city-states, the roman republic, aristocracy
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.