Similarities Of Greece And Rome

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Lastly, the people were the last branch. The people controlled rewards and punishments, and controlled which laws were ratified and military alliances and truces. Polybius states, “For the people alone amid the organs of State have jurisdiction over the conferring of rewards and punishments, these representing the sole bonds by which kingdoms and states and, in short, all human society are held together…” (Polybius, “Constitution of Roman Republic”, pp...
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This want of rewards and the fear of punishment is what holds the society together, without it people would have nothing to strive for and likewise nothing to deter them from doing something wrong. This can be viewed as the single most important aspect within a society, therefore since the people control the rewards and punishments they control how the society works...
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