<span>b. It advocated ruthless behavior to obtain power and political success.
</span>How did Niccolo Machiavelli’s book The Prince set him apart from other writers of the Renaissance?
It advocated ruthless behavior to obtain power and political success.
<span>NOT:
</span>a. It was a lesson on why a person should lead a<span>meaningful life.
c. It stressed Christian ideas while building upon Roman and Greek thought.
d. It went against the Church and stressed everyday events over religious concerns.</span>
So, the power seems to be with the citizens - they are the ones who make the decision whom to elect.
So the general system is democracy - the power is with the people.
However, the people don't make their decisions directly, but they choose some others to represent them - this is called representative democracy.
While attending the Colosseum spectators became participants through taking sides in the gladiator matches and supporting a gladiator of their preference. They would also decide whether a defeated gladiator would be spared or not.
