Late Roman Republic

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The Late Roman Republic was the final phase of Rome’s republican government, marked by intense social conflict, civil wars, and the rise of powerful military leaders that ultimately led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
phase of the Roman Republic
characterizedBy civil wars
land reforms
political violence
populares–optimates conflict
proscriptions
rise of powerful generals
slave uprisings
conflict Caesar’s civil war
surface form: Caesar’s Civil War

Final War of the Roman Republic
Liberators’ civil war
surface form: Liberators’ Civil War

Social War
Sulla’s First Civil War
Sulla’s Second Civil War
country Roman Republic
economyBasedOn agriculture
slave labor
endCause establishment of the principate
victory of Octavian at Actium
endTime 27 BC
executiveOffice consul
dictator
praetor
followedBy Principate
surface form: Principate of Augustus

Roman Empire
follows Roman Republic
surface form: Middle Roman Republic
governmentForm republic
hasCause breakdown of republican political norms
expansion of Roman territory
social conflict in Rome
hasEffect collapse of the Roman Republic
concentration of power in individual leaders
transition to the Roman Empire
hasKeyFigure Cleopatra VII
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Gaius Gracchus
Gaius Marius
Julius Caesar
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Licinius Crassus
Cicero
surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mark Antony
Augustus
surface form: Octavian

Pompey the Great
Tiberius Gracchus
hasMajorEvent Battle of Actium
Battle of Philippi
Caesar’s civil war
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
surface form: Catilinarian conspiracy

First Triumvirate
Gracchan reforms
Liberators’ civil war
Second Triumvirate
Social War
Third Servile War
surface form: Spartacus slave revolt

Sulla’s First Civil War
surface form: Sulla’s civil wars

assassination of Julius Caesar
language Latin
legislativeBody Roman Senate
Roman popular assemblies
location Italian Peninsula
Rome
surface form: city of Rome
partOf Roman Republic
religion Roman polytheism
startTime 133 BC

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Life of Brutus setInPeriod Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic
Life of Crassus historicalSetting Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic
Life of Lucullus historicalPeriodDescribed Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic
Life of Pompey setInPeriod Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic
Legio XV Apollinaris allegiance Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic
Catiline His Conspiracy historicalPeriodDepicted Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic
Lucius Fabricius timePeriod Late Roman Republic
this entity surface form: late Roman Republic