Why would it be wrong to call the Roman republic a democratic system

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Vijay Verma · Answer 1 · 2020-01-17T09:51:26+0000

The Roman Republic. ... Once free, the Romans established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state.

Wnbell · Answer 2 · 2020-01-20T19:15:59+0000

Only the higher class citizens could truly choose who was selected to the government. Slaves and the lower classes didn’t get a vote and could not participate in government actions. Democracy is when every citizen, no matter their status in the country, can vote and have a say in how the government is run.

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