The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates outlines the ideal society‚ complete with workers to perform labor‚ auxiliaries to perform the military duties‚ and the guardians—or rulers—to set the laws of the state. The rulers‚ Socrates argues‚ are to be selected by their elders and groomed from a young age to assume positions of power. “…We must choose from among our guardians‚” he states‚ “those who appear to us on observation to be most likely to devote their lives to doing what they judge to be in the interest
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Weimer Republic was due to external factors beyond its control and the rise of a German messiah"? In 1933‚ the Weimer Republic was officially abolished by Hitler‚ the German ’messiah.’ The Weimer Republic was replaced by his opposite‚ its contrast. From a democratic state to a state ruled by a ’messiah.’ Was it inedible that the Weimer Republic would become a failure? Or would different conditions have changed the occurred? There where different external factors the Weimer Republic where forced
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Book VII of The Republic Book VII of The Republic says that Socrates says to imagine‚ humans living in a cave‚ their entrance is above them and open to the world. They have been there since they were children‚ their necks and legs are chained so that they can only see in front of them. There is a fire‚ behind them‚ which provides light. There is also a path behind them‚ a little higher than they are. Along the path there is a wall‚ like a puppeteer’s screen. People move along the
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17‚ 1787. In particular‚ the Founding Fathers wanted a Republic U.S. government instead of a democracy for the federal and state governments. The seven figures chose this because they believe in preserving a stable government that protects the rights and liberties of all citizens. To point out‚ keeping a republic secure the rights to individuals and the government is constitutionally or legally limited. The Founding Father believed in a republic because even if sovereign power is held by the people
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Plato’s The Republic By the beginning of Book II of Plato’s The Republic‚ many questions have been brought upon the table involving the definition of justice. Polemarchus argues that justice is doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies. Thrasymachus argues that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates finds flaws in both of these definitions‚ but discovers another important question about the nature of justice. Socrates wants to know whether the just life or the unjust life is
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Weimar Republic: 1919-1933 Even though it was obvious that Germany could not have won the war‚ a legend was created and spread amongst the German people that the undefeated German army had been stabbed in the back by the democrats (the November criminals). In July 1919‚ the new democratic constitution was passed with a 23 majority. When it was officially proclaimed in August‚ Germany became a parliamentary democracy. The fact that Germany was now a democracy was not taken into account at the Versailles
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I will discuss the concept of a Republic‚ also known as a Representative Democracy. The Openstax American Government textbook describes a Democracy as a political system in which people govern themselves (pg. 8). This system can come in the form of a Representative Democracy or a Direct Democracy. Direct Democracies are ones in which the citizens themselves participate directly in making laws (pg. 14). This type of government occurred in Ancient Athens. The United States Government‚ on the other
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The Decline of The Dutch Republic Document Based Question Essay AP European History Period 2 November 7th‚ 2012‚ First Quarter From the middle of the Seventeenth Century to the early Eighteenth Century‚ the Dutch Republic‚ which in 1648 had it’s independence recognized in the Peace of Westphalia‚ was an important commercial and military presence in Western Europe which later experienced challenges to its security‚ unity‚ and prosperity: in security‚ the Dutch faced navel challenges from
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Critique of The Birth of the Republic. In his book‚ The Birth of the Republic‚ Edmund S. Morgan puts forth an account of the quarter century span‚ from 1763-1789‚ in which the American Republic was born. This work provides a detailed description of what historians call “The Revolutionary Era” in American history. Morgan seems to be making the argument that while the revolution may have begun for economic reasons‚ and that the founding fathers may have stood to gain financially from it‚ it eventually
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