HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Direct Democracy
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Senate
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Dictatorship
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman Republic describes the period in which the city-state of Rome existed as a republican government (from 509 B.C.E. to 27 B.C.E.), one of the earliest examples of representative democracy in the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Founding. Rome had been ruled by monarchs since its foundation. These monarchs were elected, for life, by men who made up the Roman Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The government in the early years of the Roman Republic had 3 branches-The Consuls, The Senate, and The Assembly. Each branch had various powers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because political power in Rome was concentrated in the hands of wealthy aristocrats, the Roman Republic is best described as an elected oligarchy. The government of the Roman Republic comprised three elements: a system of magistrates, a Senate, and a number of popular assemblies.