(Nosotro, 1) It had two Kings, five overseers, a council and an assembly. The Kings would command, lead the army and perform religious duties. ... The council would administer all decisions made by the assembly, which was open to any Athenian citizen. ... Men were only taught enough writing and words to communicate basic needs. ... The men lived the majority of their lives in barracks, enhancing their military training. ...

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Religion was so important to the Romans that it "helped in the control of armies, in encouraging plebs, in producing good men, and in shaming the bad" (Machiavelli, 140). ... "Religion can be used, that is, to inspire- and if necessary to terrorize- the ordinary populace in such a way as to induce them to prefer the good of their community to all other goods" (Skinner, 62). ... However, with time the kings of Rome became corrupt since other forms of government were not incorporated into it. ... Therefore, the masses overthrew the kings and incorporated a new system of government where ru...

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It is only fair to say despite our differences financially, intellectually, or otherwise, men and women should have equal right to say how we wish to be governed. So for citizens to be only able to exercise their political right by electing representative every four to five years who between these intervals takes all the decisions which might not be in the public interest is not fair and it is not what an old Athenian would call democracy. ... Representation Plato argued in his book The Republic, that government be placed in the hand class of philosophers, kings. ... With all due respect to Pl...

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