Classical Republics ~ The Roman Republic (1 gen 509 anni a. C. – 1 dic 27 anni a. C.)

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Believed the Roman Republic had provided Roman citizens with the most liberty under the government that the world had ever known. It was widely believed that the promoted the common good or what was best for the entire society. The theory based on this form of society became known as classical republicans. Classical republicanism is a theory that the best kind of society is one that promotes the common good instead of the interests of only one class of citizens. In a classical republic, citizens and their government are supposed to work cooperatively to achieve the common good rather than their own personal or selfish interests. The Roman Republic was thought to be one of the best examples of this type of society.

This affected the US Government because in the eighteenth century, Americans shared the view that citizens should work to promote common good. They also believed that they type of government and society most likely to promote the common good was only possible if the society and its citizens shared characteristics like civic virtue, moral education, and small, uniform communities. Today, we might describe the classical republics demand that their citizens have a high degree of civic virtue as “public spiritedness”.