Who Was Rome Truly Democratic

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Democratic or Not
I believe that Rome was kind of democratic. We were given three documents, one by Professor Fergus Miller describes the roles people had in government during the decades of the roman republic. In lhe legislate the people had the power in making laws. That doesn't necessarily mean they were going to be passed. After going to legislate and through the senate ,then the assemblies had the power to pass the law or not.
In a document by Professor Alan Ward it goes into further depth how Rome wasn't truly democratic. The had disenfranchised,by places the poles farther so the people couldn't reach them. Voters could easily dominate sovereign popular candidates. Yet they did have forms of government in which citizens could directly

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