Remembering the Roman People

In the Roman republic, only the People could pass laws, only the People could elect politicians to office, and the very word republica meant ''the People''s business''. So why is it always assumed that the republic was an oligarchy? The main reason is that most of what we know about it we know from Cicero, a great man and a great writer, but also an active right-wing politician who took it for gra...