The Romans tried to save the Republic

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The fact that there were powerful families in the greek democracy or the roman republic does not mean tha there was an "imperial rule".

Both of them had what amounts to a "Caesar".  Just like Zeus and Apollo were comparative names. 

It still amounts to a ruling class.

Sorry I didn’t catch this before (I know how much you rely on my error correction services),
but ‘Zeus’ and ‘Apollo’ refer to completely different gods. You mean ‘Zeus and Jupiter’ (Apollo had the same name in both pantheons).

Don’t bother to thank me, I’m just happy to help.

Boru