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by wickedwillie on February 28th, 2004

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What's the difference between the Roman Republic and its successor, the Roman Empire?

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  • by LaserFalson on May 13th, 2005

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    Rome was categorically not an Oligarchy. An Oligarchy (to be brief and general) is an "administration" of a few that rules the many and it is done with their own money and means, which means they make all law and policy and in much the way a group of special interest groups might. If for example, they wanted to go to war they would first have to determine if they could financially make it a viable option--they would have to build ships for example. The Republic had a senate, which would make it not an Oligarchy. That's not to say that there were not oligarchic type influences and tendencies, but so far as nomenclature goes, it was not.
    Greece on the other hand was ruled by an Oligarchy at various times in its existence as well as a by a group called the "Thirty Tyrants." Later Draconian law was the first time a constitution was actually written down in Athens. Aristotle writes a great deal on this, in his aptly named, Athenian Constitution.

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    • You are lumping all of Greece into Athens. There were many other greek cities ruled by kings, like Sparta.

      jwmbiz

      by jwmbiz on August 4th, 2005

    • I agree it's fair to use Athens as a contrast to Rome, the rest of Greece is its own discussion

      Athena5

      by Athena5 on August 5th, 2005

    • you didnt really answer the question which was what the difference was between the roman republic and the roman empire.

      soccergoalie14

      by soccergoalie14 on March 24th, 2010

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