By clarifying this relationship, Machiavelli offers an insight to a possible conclusion to why the Roman Republic became such a successful empire. ... Liberty in the Roman Republic came in sporadic episodes while in its first stages. ... Machiavelli tends to put a strong emphasis on Roman religion by addressing the fact that it held the Roman Empire together for such a long period of time, unlike Christianity of his day which kept Italy in disunity. ... This continued until the formation of the Senate and of the plebs which gave Rome a balanced system where these tumults would happen wit...

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The Romans used ideas of democracy similar to that of the Greeks, though not to the same extent. The Roman Empire (509-27 BC) took some of their governmental ideals from the Greeks. Their government was a representative democracy, which had representatives from the nobility in the Senate and representatives from the commoners in the Assembly. ... Many Roman political thinkers were fond of democracy. The Roman Statesman, Cicero was one. ...

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How successful have the post-communist states been in establishing a stable democracy? Regime Change This essay will study the success rate of the establishment of a stable democracy in post-communist states. It will give a short introduction on democracy, what classifies as democracy, and the di...

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