This may well have made it more rather than less democratic than many countries today . ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY CountriesDemocraticLessMadeManyMoreRatherTodayWell
The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY CenturyEmpiresExploitationFifthImperialStories
Although commenting on issues of current importance was more common. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY CommentingCurrentMore
Only rarely did they advocate specific policies. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY AdvocateOnly RarelyPoliciesSpecific
By pagans the Jews (and later Christians) were seen as perverse. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY ChristianJewPerverseSeen
Almost indeed as atheists, for they denied the very existence of other gods. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY AtheistsDeniedIndeedOther
In the main voters looked more for a capable individual who once elected could do whatever the State required. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY ElectedLookedMoreREquiredVoter
At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties although given the stifling impact of these. ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY EvenModernNothingPartiesPoliticalResemblingVaguely
