Sunday, September 14, 2008

Wikipedia Article Analysis

This article discusses the evolution of Roman constitutional system. The evolution of the Constitution is divided into four different time periods. The Constitution of the Roman Kingdom came first and was followed by the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Constitution of the Roman Empire and then the Constitution of the late Roman Empire. Within each epoch the constitution changed, but the changes were gradual. The governing "agencies" within the various constitutions were the Senate, the Legislative Assemblies, and the Executive Magistrates. There are present day countries who have used various forms of these constitutions as a model for forming their own constitutions.

  1. The word count of this article is 2,237
  2. The search term I used was Early Roman Senate. The title is Roman Constitution.
  3. There was not a disambiguation.
  4. The discussion page has only one entry. It is from an "amateur history buff" informing the reader of a future series of more in depth information.
  5. There have been forty changes to this page. The first 10/29/07 and the most recent was on 9/2/08.
  6. There are no external links.
  7. There are six references.
  8. Further readings include twelve other books and articles.

This is a very short article. It gives a good overview of the workings of the Roman Constitutional system. I would recommend this to someone if they just wanted an overview of how it works, but to really understand the system and it's evolution this would only get you started.

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