How is ancient Greek and ancient Rome government different?
For starters, most Greek city-states had democracies which meant that every citizen was part of the government and they were all entitled to one vote on each issue. Women and slaves were not considered citizens so only men who owned their own property could vote. Ancient Rome started off as a monarchy which means that it was ruled by a king. Then in 509 B.C.E. the last king, Tarquinius Superbus was over thrown and Rome became a Republic. A Republic is another form of democracy where the people elect representatives to make the decisions for them in the government. Then Ancient Rome became an Empire after Octavian defeated Marc Antony at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.E. It remained an empire until the end of her days in 476 C.E. Also another major difference between the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans was that Greece was divided into different city-states each with it’s own leaders. Ancient Rome was unified as one which in turn caused them to conquer much of the known world and rule
