What Is The Difference Between The Roman Republic And The United States

The Roman government is a republic and the United States is a democratic republic. In the Roman republic there were three branches which are very similar to the three branches of the United States democratic republic. Ancient Rome had two social classes the plebeians which was the lower class and the patricians which was the upper class. Both the ancient Roman Republic and the United States democratic republic have one document that spells out all of the laws of the area. The United States democracy is more democratic than the ancient Roman republic because government positions can be held by a variety of people, the Constitution is more accepting of everyone, and all United States citizens can vote.
Both the Roman republic and the United States
In the Constitution, all people have the exact same rights no matter if they are or are not from the United States. On the contrary, the Twelve Tables has many laws that are against slaves and other non-Romans including this one from Table 10 Law 10, “The body of no dead slave shall be anointed; nor shall any drinking take place at his funeral, nor a banquet of any kind be instituted in his honor.”(The Laws Of The Twelve Tables) This is direct evidence that the ancient Romans did not treat all of their people equally. In the Constitution, there is absolutely no data that shows that women, slaves, or non-Americans have different rights than American born citizens. It evens says, in the 14th Amendment, that everyone on United States territory has equal rights as an American citizen, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”(Bill of Rights and Later Amendments) Also stated in these documents is what makes someone a citizen of each