Athenian Citizenship System

The Romans and the Athenians had two unique citizenship systems. The Romans handed out citizenship to many types of people, and they all enjoys many rights and privileges. The Athenians had a more scrutinizing system and let everyone participate in government. Ultimately this culminates to a clear cut conclusion. The Roman Empire had a superior citizenship system because they let more people become citizens, they’re citizens had more rights, and they’re government wasn’t run by any bum who had his name pulled from a hat. The Romans were more welcoming in their citizenship system; they let many types of people with different demographics become full citizens. In Document A it states That the Roman Republic offered citizenship to free, native born adult males and females, free, native born children (both sexes), and even the sons of freed slaves. This was a radical change for their time as women usually had no say and children were considered unimportant …show more content…
In Athens the farmers controlled who gets how much land, war junkies controlled who to invade, and nobody could ever hear anybody else’s opinion (see Document F) because they’re all too busy shouting they’re own. In Rome responsible people from old family who had known the working of the republic for generations ruled in a senate that could be over 300 people. It was just like in the United States where we give the most responsible people power. The Roman Republic had an incredibly efficient government. The Roman Republic just had a better, more efficient citizenship system. They had more citizens, better in terms of quantity, so they had a more effectively run government because of it, and they had a better quality citizenship system, and that matters most of all. For these reasons it is clear the Roman Republic had the most effective, most quantitative, and best quality system put into place for