Compare And Contrast Ancient Rome And Greek Government

People in ancient times formed many ancient civilizations in the ancient world. They needed five things to have a good civilization. Those five things were a stable food supply, specialization of labor, cullure, social classes and the one that I find the most important, government. All the governments that ancient Rome,ancient Greece, and ancient China had were all good and proved themselves worthy of that term. In ancient Rome there were many rulers before their republic democracy. They had a ruler called Augustus, who came to rule in 27 BCE. After Augustus, Rome became a monarchy, with a series of Seven Kings. Those seven kings Governed Rome before the beginning of the republic. Then, Rome became a Democracy. As a ruler, the king governed Rome with total power over everyone. The …show more content…
The Ancient Greek Democracy had an interesting way of governing, that made it that all male citizens had equal political rights, freedom of speech, and opportunity to participate directly in the political area, they also had assemblies that met with around six thousand citizens. The people in Athens made decisions where they lived, and they also actively served in institutions that governed them. Any citizen in their government could speak to the assembly and vote on decisions by simply holding up their hands. Then, there became the nine presidents, they made Athens an Oligarchy. They were elected by the citizens, and held the office at one time only. At the law court they had six thousands jurors and a body chief magistrate, who was chosen at random. The citizens that voted for the nine presidents had to be male citizens with over eighteen years of age. They spoke and voted in the assembly’s.The jurors in the assembly had to be over 30 years of age. Everyone else like the women, slaves, and residents were not allowed in the political process. After a while the democracy returned to Athens, but