This may well have made it more rather than less democratic than many countries today .
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYThis may well have made it more rather than less democratic than many countries today .
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYBy pagans the Jews (and later Christians) were seen as perverse.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYThe story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYAlmost indeed as atheists, for they denied the very existence of other gods.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYAt Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties although given the stifling impact of these.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYIn the main voters looked more for a capable individual who once elected could do whatever the State required.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYAnd each candidate for office competed as an individual.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYAlthough commenting on issues of current importance was more common.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYOnly rarely did they advocate specific policies.
ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHYThus the Western Empire died.
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