What did modern democracies learn from the Romans? how to limit a ruler’s power by establishing a constitutional monarchy to mai
ntain a lasting government, allow only the rich and powerful to make and enforce laws for all the citizens how to protect the rights of citizens by allowing the leaders to have absolute power how to safeguard against tyranny by dividing the government’s power among different parts
The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes sweeping East Central Europe in 1989. Throughout the Soviet bloc, reformers assumed power and ended over 40 years of dictatorial Communist rule. The reform movement that ended communism in East Central Europe began in Poland
