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Local Government At Pompeii Essay

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The Pompeian’s government was a democratic system. Citizens voted in their members. There were four levels of government- Electoral assembly (comitium), town council (curia), chief magistrates (duumviri) and magistrates (aediles). These parties were elected in through different means and for different purposes. The electoral assembly was voted in by the Roman citizen...

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