The Roman Justice
By : ANTHONY DOMINGUEZ
Able to vote
Own property and weite contracts
Go to court
Hold official offices
Not all equal
Male citizens enjoyed all of the rights
Women had limited rights
No voting pr government offices
Slaves were property with almost no rights
Similarities
They both can vote for a leader
Both had to throw off a foreign power to establish a nation.
Controlled land outside of their borders
Controlled large land mass.
Each had a large numbers of poor and unemployed and the government has used the dole and other aid packages to help the people causing a great drain on the finances of the government.
Differences
In the US every citizen has born natural rights such as the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the Roman Empire many were just subjects and not citizens.
It was common for emperors to have enemies killed, but assassinations are not accept in America.
Romans also used the entertainment of the coliseum to keep the mobs happy.