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From the Greek "rule of the many", describes some form of popular representation in the governance of a political or economic unit such as a nation state or a corporation. Democracy ranges from the more limited electoral representation to full voting participation on all issues before the aforementioned political/economic unit (the later is also known as anarchy, a system where all members have equal representation and political status).
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How were political factions in the late Roman republic different from political parties today?
Fergus Millar in a lot of insightful work brought out a "Roman democracy" thesis which emphasised the power of the plebs in deciding policy. His views are best summed in Millar Crowd in Rome (1998). … culture of the Roman republic (2022) p 229 citing Martin Jehne: "these facts [the lack of lack of concern about numbers or representativeness] ... seem to me to provide the death blow to [Millar's] Roman democracy …
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