You bring up some great points in your thread about the Roman Republic. I agree with your analysis about the republic being “effective and appropriate” for the citizens of Rome. In our textbook it says, “Early in the fifth century, the plebeians won the right to form their own assembly (the Plebeian Assembly, which was later enlarged and called the Tribal Assembly)” (Perry 120). This was the right thing to do because the assembly gave the plebeians a say in the government, which was important to the staying power of the government. Without the Plebeian Assembly, I believe, the patricians would have had full control and the plebeians would have suffered. I don’t believe that the republic would have held up as well if this had happened because
