Similarities Between Rome And Athens

Citizenship was the status given by the Roman and Athens government to many of its people, but not to all. In my opinion, there is evidence that the Roman system was superior and more effective than it because it was less restrictive to become a citizen, there was no ostracism, and its citizens functioned willfully out of their rights to do so as full citizens of the empire of Rome.
In Rome many more could become citizens than in Athens. It was less restrictive. According to document A, Rome and Athens had some similarities, but Rome went beyond the standards of Athens. In both Athens and Rome, free, native born adult males could be citizens, but in Rome, your parents must have been born in specific areas of the Roman Empire. In the Roman Republic, free females, free male children, female children, and sons of freed slaves were considered citizens, in comparison to Athens, who accepted none of these. …show more content…
Such as, participation in voting in Athens was an action “verb” and those who didn’t were considered “useless.” In Athens one was judged by their “duty” and responsibility. So, if a citizen did not vote in Athens, they were called a “beast”. In contrast Romans, who had the right to vote and didn’t exercise it were rarely if ever called names because it is also a “right” to say no and refuse to vote. In addition to this, the Athenians practiced ostracism voting (document D). Each person voted on the person most able to “destroy” the democracy and force that person into “Ostraka”, which was a ten year seclusion from his own country. Citizenship provided significant motivation “rights,” and a sense of national pride without community humiliation and