“A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic” offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. • Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters-one Greek, one Roman-to highlight comparisons between cultures • Examines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they responded • Sheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches • Brings an international array of scholars into dialogue with each other