<P> Aristotle first mentioned the idea of a `` mixed government '' or hybrid government in his work Politics where he drew upon many of the constitutional forms in the city - states of Ancient Greece . In the Roman Republic , the Roman Senate , Consuls and the Assemblies showed an example of a mixed government according to Polybius ( Histories , Book 6 , 11 -- 13 ) . </P>
<P> Aristotle first mentioned the idea of a `` mixed government '' or hybrid government in his work Politics where he drew upon many of the constitutional forms in the city - states of Ancient Greece . In the Roman Republic , the Roman Senate , Consuls and the Assemblies showed an example of a mixed government according to Polybius ( Histories , Book 6 , 11 -- 13 ) . </P>
where did the idea of seperation of powers come from
where did the idea of seperation of powers come from
Aristotle first mentioned the idea of a `` mixed government '' or hybrid government in his work Politics
Aristotle first mentioned the idea of a `` mixed government '' or hybrid government in his work Politics