How Is The Roman Republic Democratic

Did you know that the Roman Republic was only a little bit democratic? The Roman Republic was from 509 BC to 27 BC that's 482 years. They was located in and around the Mediterranean Sea. The Rome Republic can be interpreted many ways, a little bit democratic but not much, because they were strong in voting but they are weak in some points like not having a leader and having a government that starts with a group of leader and goes down to a slave.
They vote in the roman republic which is democratic but it can also be turned around. “The constitution of the roman republic made it a variety of democracy. Every adult male citizen, unless specifically disqualified, had a vote” but other historians thought of it differently like professor alan ward “The voters had no role in selecting candidates for officer in proposing legislation in any assembly. The magistrates and tribunes, with or without prior recommendation from the senate, were the only ones who could place legislation before the voters” This suggests that there voting could be unfair and people are just leaving it up to the people on top, but also people are saying its still voting and everyone can do it. So, in the end these two quotes from documents conflict each other but it seems like anyone can vote but …show more content…
If the roman republic had a leader than it lives up to its name but they didn’t have one. The had other people controlling the society “In Roman society, the aristocrats were known as patricians. “The highest positions in the government were held by two consuls, or leaders, who ruled the Roman Republic. A senate composed of patricians elected these consuls. At this time, lower-class citizens, or plebeians, had virtually no say in the government.” This is just another thing stating that there are higher people in the government that took control of choosing who will be in the government. Also, this is seems like the Roman Republic