<span>In ancient Rome, citizens elected the members of the Senate. What type of government did ancient Rome have?
Answer: Republic</span>
<span>D. The document assured all English citizens freedom of speech.</span>
Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli was a diplomat in Florence who tried to answer how could a ruler guarantee that he would stay in power by writing The Prince in 1513. Machiavelli claimed that people were greedy and self-centered. He argued that rulers should not be good, and that rulers should do whatever is necessary to keep power and protect their city, including killing and lying. Today, when someone is called a Machiavellian, it means that they are acting tricky and not thinking about the good.
The best statement regarding the importance of the code of Hammurabi would be that "<span>D all people could see the *laws*", since prior to this it was very hard to know the laws of the land, and therefore very hard to follow them. </span>
