Roman system of government explained in 14 minutes

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Was the Roman Republic the best form of government? Ancient writer Polybius believes this so. The Roman Republic was afraid of monarchies; there was nothing worse than power held by a single person. So the Roman system of government was set up in such a way that it distributed the power of authority among the many. However, how practical and tyranny-proof was this system? Was it really as formidable as Polybius believed?...

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