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T<span>he American founders regarded the Romans as the one who developed the democracy, the Roman Republic. The romans are constitutionally democratic but in practice they are undemocratic society because the government is dominated by selected caste of wealthy aristocrats. He provided </span>a criteria<span> in assessing the democracy of Roman Republic.</span>
Oh sorry i didnt read the other part of the question...