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First I'd like to say that you didn't come close to addressing Roman dictators.
Most every one in Rome was a citizen. Not all citizens had voting rights. Rome was a republic not a democracy.
Most people are subjugated in some form or another.
I don't agree at all with your third or fourth points.
I'd love to see the books you've read to so shaped your view of Rome. They were every bit as civilized and intelligent as we are if less informed. Rich men politic and the power hungry play at war and finance. I find it laughable that someone from America, a country that has been to the brink of collapse more than once, can even attempt to throw a 2000 year spanning civilization under the bus. Clearly they got things wrong but you have to know they were doing something right to have changed to world for the better as they did and last 2 millenia.
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