In modern democracies there is no particular person in charge just like in Rome. A great example of a modern day democracies that resembles Rome's republic is the U.S. democracy. In Rome's republic there was a Senate that was made up of people representing different parts in Rome, in America we have a Senate that represents different states. Another thing that is similar is that citizens in Rome could elect officials just as citizens can today. In Roman politics they had a system of checks and balances just as the U.S. government has today. They would have many people having the same jobs and different jobs would keep an eye on each other. In Rome they did not just declare a man or woman guilty, there would be trials. In the U.S. a person is innocent until proven guilty.
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Mellor, Ronald J. "Ancient Rome." Microsoft® Student 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.
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