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"Rome Traded Freedom For Autocracy. How Does America's Republic Compare

From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 16 18:31:14 2020

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/01/11/rome-america-edward-watts-mortal-republic

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From SolomonW@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Tue Nov 17 16:12:52 2020

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:31:14 -0800 (PST), gggg gggg wrote:

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/01/11/rome-america-edward-watts-mortal-republic

The Roman republic had plenty of Autocracy and the Republic continued long after the Empire.

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From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to reader on Tue Nov 17 12:58:22 2020

On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 10:29:19 AM UTC-10, reader wrote:

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/01/11/rome-america-edward-watts-mortal-republic

The Roman republic had plenty of Autocracy and the Republic continued long >after the Empire.

Yes, a handfull of welthy large landholders were in control and chose the emperor, Their tens of thousands of slaves created the wealth. The average person and small landholder had no say.

https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/soc.history.ancient/c/ktPk7ujRslc

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From reader@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 17 20:29:17 2020

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/01/11/rome-america-edward-watts-mortal-republic

The Roman republic had plenty of Autocracy and the Republic continued long >after the Empire.

Yes, a handfull of welthy large landholders were in control and chose the emperor, Their tens of thousands of slaves created the wealth. The average person and small landholder had no say.

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