A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic

A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities.

• Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters—one Greek, one Roman—to highlight comparisons between cultures
• Examines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they responded
• Sheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches
• Brings an international array of scholars into dialogue with each other

Keywords: Greek, Roman, Greece, Rome, participatory communities, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greek democracy, Roman Republic, Athens, creative democracy, oligarchy, enactment, ancient history, Greek political thought, Roman political thought, Democratic Systems, Comparative Politics, Democratic Systems, Comparative Politics