In contrast to Greek democracy, the Roman republic had a more complex institutional arrangement. Instead of a set of institutions through which one single group exercised power, the Roman republic contained multiple institutions that allowed both the few and the many to take part in political rule.

Roman magistrates were much more powerful than their Athenian counterparts; the Senate, since it directed the magistrates, had a permanent influence on the daily running of the state which the Council of Athens did not have (it also had far more institutional knowledge, since Senate membership was for life).

At an Athenian Assembly, all of Athens 40,000 citizens were there. While the romans only had 300 members in their senate, for life. ( Doc E,F). Athens were not as organized as the Romans.

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It had the final say on legislation and the right to call magistrates to account after their year of office. A typical meeting of the Assembly probably contained around 6000 people, out of a total citizen population of 30,000–60,000.

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Only adult male Athenian citizens who had completed their military training as ephebes had the right to vote in Athens. The percentage of the population that actually participated in the government was 10% to 20% of the total number of inhabitants, but this varied from the fifth to the fourth century BC.

Cleisthenes

Alexander the Great’s legacy is both far reaching and profound. First, his father was able to unite the Greek city-states, and Alexander destroyed the Persian Empire forever. More importantly, Alexander’s conquests spread Greek culture, also known as Hellenism, across his empire.