Daily Number 1 Week 5

 What elements of the Roman Republican political and legal system appear present in the systems of modern democracies? 



           There are many examples of the Roman Republican political and legal system that appear in the systems of modern democracies today. One instance is that both modern governments and the Roman Republican government had constitutions that they followed, allowing the people to abstain by an orderly set of rules and regulations that were agreed upon by the people. Like the United States constitution, the Roman Republican constitution centered on the aspect of checks and balances and the equal distribution of power among leaders. Thus, allowing each person to have the same amount of power and responsibility. Eventually the Roman Republican government also elected one person to represent their people, the princeps, or also known as the imperator. The United States has had one single leader for almost as long as its existence and other countries have and or are starting to, do the same. The Romans had many similar government organization technics that the United States shares also, for example both have Senates and Councils. The Senate of the Roman Republican government was made of Senators who passed decrees on what they thought of certain matters of the time. Like today, Senators had certain requirement that they had to meet in order for them to be on the board. For example a Senator had to be born a patrician, or nobleman, and the person would have had to have held a seat in public office once before. The Senate today has requirements for the senators that are elected for their positions too, like a Senator must be a U.S. citizen for at least nine years and they have to be at least 30 years old. The more a person looks into the formation and makeup of the United States government the more they might find 
link back to the times of the Roman Republican because there are many similarities.