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Roman Republic

509–27 BCE

The Roman Republic grew from a city state into the master of the Mediterranean. Its system of consuls, Senate, and assemblies balanced power for centuries. Civil wars destroyed it, and Augustus made himself emperor in 27 BCE.

Facts

Founded: 509 BCE, the kings expelled; the republic proclaimed.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Roman Republic
Ended: 27 BCE, Augustus established the empire.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Roman Republic
Heartland: Italy, capital Rome.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Roman Republic
Major rulers: Scipio Africanus, who beat Hannibal; Julius Caesar, whose conquests and murder ended the republic; Cicero, its great orator.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Roman Republic

Images

The Roman Forum, the political heart of the republic. (Wikimedia Commons)

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