Consider the abundance of legality and practicalities we find in Roman politics, starting with the legal concept of provincia, developed after the annexion of Sicily, and the radical absence of constitutionality and/or legality which we always find in Greek politics.
For example, power in 5th century BC Athens is not defined by office but rather by extra-legal charisma and wealth, whereas Roman power is strictly defined by the offices held by individuals, until civil war breaks out.
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The exercise of political responsibilities and charges in Rome is a much more settled down, theorized and organized process than in Greece, especially in Archaic and Hellenistic Greece where the only office is raw power and personal charisma.
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