The greek democracy and the roman republic both emerged about the same time. how did they differ?
in greek democracy, each man got a vote; in the roman republic, each man voted for a representative.
greek democracy allowed the wealthy to serve as judges, where they had their own chamber, the senate, in rome.
patricians were the wealthy, powerful roman senators; plebeians were the common people who served in the greek assembly.
roman law was written on the twelve tables whereas greek law was not formally written down.