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Today, we have civic duty where we fight in the military and we vote which is exactly what Rome did except we vote every four years.

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Today, we have branches that balance each other out and rely on each other.

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While we do not have exact checks and balances, our branches prevent anyone from being more powerful.

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Which we prevent anyone from doing that too through our branches.

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Today everyone has the same laws which makes everyone mainly have the same legal status.

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Today we have a written constitution that everybody knows about which causes less crime because we know the laws so we can follow them.

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Today, we have a similar government called a democracy.

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This caused tall public buildings to form which is what our society is mainly “built” on.

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Today we have domes and stadiums which seem to be based off the Colosseum.

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This is like today because we do not fully pronounce our words the way that we write them which they did not either.

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This is very similar to Ancient Rome because they spoke many other languages, such as Latin, Greek, Celtic, Punic, and Syriac.

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This impacts us today because we get words from both Greek and Latin. Some include acro- which means top or high, some of those words include acrobat or high walker. Also anti came from the Greeks which means against.

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The Romans valued civic duty which are responsibilities that citizens have. In Rome, citizens voted and fought for their country as civic duty.

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The Senate gave the aristocracy a voice, while the assemblies provided a representation for the plebeians. The consuls had to be elected by the senators and relied on them for power.

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Their tripartite government kept anyone from being able to take control of the Republic.

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Rome also had a system of checks and balances that prevented Rome from becoming too powerful.

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The Romans finally came up with a compromise that benefits everyone. The Law of the Twelve Tables, which everyone must follow no matter their status.

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The Roman Republic had to be changed though. The plebeians demanded that the laws were written down. Before this, only the consuls, senators, and all representatives of the patricians were the only ones allowed to know of the laws.

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In 509 BCE, Rome created their own form of government where they chose their leaders, this is called a republic.

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The Romans were the first to create cement, only using cement and volcanic material.

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In Rome, they built the Colosseum which is a giant stadium.

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Today we speak many languages, such as Spanish, French, Chinese, and others. This is very similar to Ancient Rome because they spoke many other languages, such as Latin, Greek, Celtic, Punic, and Syriac.

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The words and overall language was different depending on what it was. For example, speeches were spoken in a proper way compared to just speaking.

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Through Rome, the main language was Latin, although many still spoke and wrote in Greek.