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    The Roman Republic that existed from 509 BCE to 27 BCE was a representative democratic system with some limitations on democratic principles. Citizens elected representatives to govern but voting rights were restricted to male property owners, excluding women and slaves from political participation. While democratic elements existed such as assemblies that allowed citizens to participate, political power was often concentrated among a small elite class of patricians, resulting in civil unrest when common plebeians sought more political equality and representation of their interests.

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    The Roman Republic that existed from 509 BCE to 27 BCE was a representative democratic system with some limitations on democratic principles. Citizens elected representatives to govern but voting rights were restricted to male property owners, excluding women and slaves from political participation. While democratic elements existed such as assemblies that allowed citizens to participate, political power was often concentrated among a small elite class of patricians, resulting in civil unrest when common plebeians sought more political equality and representation of their interests.

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    The Roman Republic

    509-27 BCE
    democracy:
    1. government by the people; a form of government in
    which the supreme power is vested in the people and
    exercised directly by them or by their elected agents
    under a free electoral system.
    1. a state having such a form of government: The United
    States and Canada are democracies
    1. a state of society characterized by formal equality of
    rights and privileges
    1. political or social equality; democratic spirit.
    1. the common people of a community as distinguished
    from any privileged class; the common people with
    respect to their political power. 2
    The Roman Republic

    3
    The Roman Forum in 2004
    Civil Unrest

    4
    An 1849 engraving depicting the Secession of the Plebs in 494 BCE
    Central Historical Question
    How democratic was the
    Roman Republic?

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