What is the best definition of the concept of "imperialism?" A. A policy of expanding one's rule to foreign civilizations and nations.

B. A belief system centered on the importance of territorial growth and the size of a nation.

C. A policy of government under which all available resources are funneled into war.

The Roman Republic was never intended to be a democracy. Instead, as acknowledged by Polybius, it was an experiment that sought to fuse democracy, aristocracy and monarchy into the perfect socio-political system.

The Roman Republic. ... Once free, the Romans established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state.

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