Greece and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient MediterraneanBoth Greeks and Romans have democratic tendencies and a predisposition to favor the aristocracy; community is more broadly defined among Romans, who accept the principle of universalism that was alien to the Greeks; this has profound consequences.
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Now PlayingGreece and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient MediterraneanBoth Greeks and Romans have democratic tendencies and a predisposition to favor the aristocracy; community is more broadly defined among Romans, who accept the principle of universalism that was alien to the Greeks; this has profound consequences.0Greece and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient MediterraneanThe Greeks of Athens first establish trial by jury and differentiate crime in terms of motive; it is the Romans who establish the principle that the law is an organic entity that has to adapt to changing social, economic and political conditions.