RE: The Romans tried to save the Republic
March 9, 2020 at 1:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2020 at 1:08 pm by Deesse23.)
(March 9, 2020 at 12:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(March 9, 2020 at 12:34 pm)Mr Greene Wrote: You're suggesting that Athens had a 'ruling family'?
Depending on era, yes.
Classism back then makes western classism today look like wimps. In the west at least, although we are failing, and falling backwards, the class system in the west is supposed to not let extreem gaps happen. But in all of antiquity worldwide, back then, it was far worse. If you were not part of the ruling class or military class, you were basically a tool for them.
If you want to argue there was no "official" mandate depending on ruler, sure, you could do that, but nepotism existed even back then and it was far worse.
The fact that there were powerful families in the greek democracy or the roman republic does not mean tha there was an "imperial rule".
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