Then, we should be able to observe its impact on the political world of today. ... The challenges gave rise to the economic, political and social system of feudalism. ... In return, each lord promised to supply the monarch with knights and arms in times of war. ... Feudalism had one enormous effect on medieval society and ultimately the politics of today. ... The concentration of power in the hands of few was always a great unsettling force in the system. ...

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The Etruscan monarchs changed Rome from a pastoral community to an actual city. ... After overthrowing the Etruscan monarchs, Romans developed the Republican government by expanding their military. This enormous change in the political structure was not easy, it took the conquest of whole Italy. Romans developed the political institutions in order to response to the problems as they arose. ... This shows that magistrates may have the right to rule, but senate had the more power. ...

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The Romans and Greece had many similarities, mainly because the Romans, a war society, who would adapt a lot of culture from the Greeks, and would even appoint Greeks into the Roman Political System. ... At times, Monarchs rules, and at other times, Tyrants came and took over. ... These city-states gave power to the people instead of just between the over-zealous politicians, and also gave the ordinary individual a chance to shine and make something of themselves. ... Social class was tied to wealth and not so political control, unless you were to have real clout. ... While Greece was not ...

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As the country moved forward, it found that the monarchs were not serving the interests of the people. ... The king had a great deal of power, including the power of life or death over his subjects. ... The king's power was not absolute, though. ... These equites should not be confused with the later social class called equites or knights, who ranked below the senatorial class in political power. ... Later, the Romans were divided into 193 "centuries" for political purposes and the Centuriate Assembly consisted of 193 members. ...

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Although he instituted many important administrative reforms and continued to grant the senate a role in governing, most of the political power remained within the hands of the princeps, as he called himself. ... The unbalanced qualities of these monarchs that followed Augustus, indicated that the Romans had not yet discovered a method to choosing a capable ruler. ... The social, military, and political mayhem of the period had wide spread repercussions on the empire. ... He was corrupt and did much to undermine the political stability that had been established by the five good emperors. ... ...

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Marcus Aurelius, whose real name was Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome on April 26, 121 A.D. and was raised in a wealthy and politically prominent family of Spanish origin. ... Marcus Aurelius continued to receive help from emperors throughout his childhood but later assistance would come in the form of his growth in political power. He was adopted by Antoninus Pius, Hadrian's chosen successor, and was given political positions under him. ... With Antoninus's death and the uncertainty upon and new emperor (in this case two, a diarchy, for the first time in Rome's hist...

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