Which important idea did the Romans adapt from Athens?

A. the use of democratic government

B. the use of gladiators for entertainment

C. the use of the arch in architecture

D. the use of the maniple army unit

The correct answer is A

Democracy was born in Athens and the republic in Rome in both cases in response to autocratic governments. They were not so different systems that served as models for legislators many centuries later.

Almost at the same time as the Athenians, the Romans got rid of their kings and established the Republic with a clearly aristocratic format: the command of the State was reserved for the patricians, that is to say the "fathers" of Rome, the families that would have supposedly been the oldest and that arrogated the right to direct the affairs of the "public thing" from the Senate.

An important idea the Romans adapted from the Athenians was the use of democratic government.