Roman Republic

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ancient civilization former republic historical state

The Roman Republic was the era of ancient Roman civilization characterized by a system of elected magistrates, a powerful Senate, and expansion across the Mediterranean before the rise of the Roman Empire.

Aliases (8)

Roman Republican period ×7
Middle Roman Republic ×2
Middle Republic ×1
Republican Rome ×1
Roman Republic (uncertain specific location) ×1
Roman Republic after 63 BCE ×1
Roman Republic era ×1
Roman Republic period ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient civilization → former republic → historical state →
capital	Rome →
causeOfEnd	rise of Augustus → transition to principate →
constitutionalPrinciple	checks and balances → separation of powers →
continent	Africa → Asia → Europe →
country	Ancient Rome →
currency	Roman as → Roman denarius →
emergencyOffice	dictator →
endTime	27 BC →
executiveBody	college of consuls →
expandedAcross	Eastern Mediterranean → Gaul → Italian Peninsula → North Africa → Western Mediterranean →
followedBy	Roman Empire →
governmentForm	aristocratic republic → republic →
headOfGovernmentTitle	consul →
headOfStateTitle	consul →
highestOffice	consul →
legalSystem	Roman law →
legislativeBody	Comitia Centuriata → Comitia Tributa → Concilium Plebis → Roman Senate →
locatedInTimePeriod	classical antiquity →
militaryBranch	Roman legions → Roman navy →
notableEvent	Battle of Actium → Caesar’s civil war → Gallic Wars → Punic Wars → Social War → Spartacus slave revolt →
notableFigure	Cato the Younger → Cicero → Gaius Marius → Julius Caesar → Lucius Cornelius Sulla → Pompey the Great → Scipio Africanus →
officialLanguage	Latin →
otherOffice	aedile → censor → praetor → quaestor → tribune of the plebs →
precededBy	Roman Kingdom →
religion	ancient Roman religion →
socialStructure	patricians and plebeians →
startTime	509 BC →

Referenced by (303)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akragas → Anatolia → Antium → Bithynia → Byzantium → Etruria → Falisci → Galatia → Gaul → Italic peoples → Lepontii → Ligurians → Lucani → Lucania → Lycia → Moesia → Numidia → Pella, Greece → Picenum → Pontus → Ptolemaic Kingdom → Raetia → Rhegium → Samnium → Umbrians → Veii → Vulci →	conqueredBy
Baiae → Bantia → Basilica Aemilia → Bastarnae ("Roman Republican period") → Bruttii → Cincinnatus → Claudian gens → Comitia Centuriata → Dii Consentes → Herculaneum → Illyricum → Julius → Latin → Lusitanians ("Roman Republican period") → Misenum → Ostia ("Republican Rome") → Picenum ("Roman Republican period") → Roman army → Roman conquest of southern Italy ("Middle Republic") → Roman eagle → Roman fasces → Roman religion → Roman roads → Sabellic languages ("Roman Republican period") → Temple of Castor and Pollux →	timePeriod
Atia Balba Caesonia → Cato the Younger → Cicero → Gaius Marius → Germanicus → Livia Drusilla → Livy → Lucretius → Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa → Mark Antony → Nero Claudius Drusus → Pompey the Great → Scipio Africanus → Vitruvius →	citizenship
Appius Claudius Caecus → Augustus → Cincinnatus → Gaius Octavius → Gaius Terentius Varro → Horatius → Lucius Aemilius Paullus → Lucius Cornelius Sulla → Posidonius of Apamea → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus → Scribonia → Virgil →	countryOfCitizenship
Battle of Beneventum → Battle of Cannae → Battle of Heraclea → Battle of Trebia → Battle of Zama → Battle of the Metaurus → Battle of the Ticinus → Gallic Wars → Pyrrhic War → Social War → Third Punic War →	belligerent
Basilica Julia → Curia Julia → Forum Romanum → Gaius Terentius Varro → Lucius Aemilius Paullus → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ("Middle Roman Republic") → Scipio Africanus → Tabularium → Third Punic War → Via Aemilia → Via Flaminia →	era
Antigonus II Mattathias → Antiochus III the Great → Barca → Battle of Beneventum → First Macedonian War → Hamilcar Barca → Hannibal → Lusitanians → Mago Barca → Mithridates VI Eupator →	opponent
Battle of Cannae → Comitia Centuriata → Curia Cornelia → Late Roman Republic → Optimates → Roman conquest of southern Italy → Roman navy → Samnium →	country
Ahenobarbus → Campus Martius → Imperator → Latins → Marrucini → Roman fasces → Sabines →	associatedWith
First Punic War → Punic Wars → Pyrrhic War → Second Punic War → Second Punic War → Third Punic War → Third Punic War →	conflictBetween
Akragas → Comitia Centuriata → Comitia Tributa → Late Roman Republic → Picenum → Rhegion → Roman army →	partOf
Cicero → Gaius Marius → Julius Caesar → Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa → Ovid → Pompey the Great →	birthPlace
Falisci ("Roman Republican period") → Latium → Roman legion → Ulpius → Via Appia → Via Sacra →	historicalPeriod
Aurunci → Bastarnae → Dacian tribes → Samnium → Volsci →	conflictWith
Misenum → Roman Forum → Roman legion → Temple of Saturn → pontifex maximus →	usedBy
Battle of Beneventum → Battle of Heraclea → Battle of Lake Trasimene → Battle of the Metaurus →	combatant
Leptis Magna → Picenum → Samnites → Veneti people →	incorporatedInto
Catana → Judea → Tarsus → Teos →	underRuleOf
Kingdom of Cappadocia → Ptolemaic Kingdom → Veneti →	alliedWith
Kingdom of Cappadocia → Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → Numidia →	clientOf
Byrsa Hill → Carthage → Corinth →	destroyedBy
Kingdom of Pontus → Roman Kingdom → Seleucid Empire →	followedBy
Sabines → Sidicini → Vestini →	integratedInto
First Macedonian War → Roman conquest of southern Italy → Roman–Germanic wars →	mainBelligerent
Bruttii → First Macedonian War → Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids →	opposedBy
Aurunci → Bruttians → Volsci →	subjugatedBy
Clazomenae → Demetrias → Lampsacus →	underControlOf
Milvian Bridge → Via Aurelia →	builtInPeriod
Actium → Caria →	controlledBy
Massilia → Populonia →	countryDuringAntiquity
Gaius Terentius Varro ("Roman Republic (uncertain specific location)") → Goffredo Mameli →	deathPlace
Samnites → Volsci →	defeatedBy
Late Roman Republic ("Middle Roman Republic") → Principate →	follows
Cumae → Cyrene →	governedBy
Clusium → South Picene people →	laterIncorporatedInto
House of the Vestal Virgins → Roman Forum →	periodOfUse
Julio-Claudian dynasty → Roman Empire →	precededBy
Cleopatra (1934 film) → Spartacus (1960 film) →	setInPeriod
Capua → Herodian period →	underAuthorityOf
Bruttians ("Roman Republic era") →	activeDuringPeriod
Hasmonean dynasty →	ally
Roman law →	appliedIn
pontifex maximus →	appliesToJurisdiction
Archaeological Site of Carthage →	associatedWithDestructionBy
Pergamon →	becamePartOf
Bithynia →	bequeathedTo
Bruttium →	cameUnderControlOf
Tarentum →	capturedBy
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities →	collectionPeriod
Hasdrubal Barca →	conflict
Via Egnatia →	constructedBy
Antium →	countryDuringRepublicPeriod
Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE →	countryInvolved
Vitruvius →	countryOfOrigin
Regia →	culturalPeriod
Battle of Zama →	decisiveFor
Arausio →	developedDuring
Nicomedes I of Bithynia →	diplomaticRelationsWith
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids →	dissolvedBy
Kingdom of Pontus →	enemy
Hasdrubal Barca →	enemyOf
Carthage →	engagedInConflictWith
Africa Proconsularis →	establishedBy
Etruscans →	eventuallyIncorporatedInto
Romans →	expandedToForm
Macedon →	fellTo
Phoenician civilization →	fellUnderControlOf
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline →	focusesOn
Roman emperors →	followed
Bruttians →	foughtAgainst
Illyrians →	foughtWarsWith
Valentia Edetanorum →	hasHistoricalPeriod
Claudius →	hasHistoricalUsage
Second Punic War →	hasMainBelligerent
Roman civil wars →	hasMainLocation
Publius →	hasNameOrigin
Roman Antiquity →	hasPart
Pyrrhic War →	hasParticipant
Antiochus IV Epiphanes →	heldAsHostageBy
Roman Senate →	heldDeFactoPower
Sidicini ("Roman Republican period") →	historicalEra
Appian’s Roman History →	historicalPeriodDescribed
Aventine Hill →	historicalPeriodOfImportance
Aniene →	historicalPeriodOfUse
Imperator ("Roman Republic period") →	historicalPhase
Flavius →	historicalUsagePeriod
Hyrcanus II →	influencedBy
Alpine Celtic culture →	interactedWith
Julian calendar →	introducedInRegion
Battle of Heraclea →	involvedPolities
Croton →	laterCameUnderControlOf
Pherae →	laterControlledBy
Lucani →	laterSubjectTo
Social War →	location
Forum Magnum →	mainPeriodOfUse
Tarentum →	opponentInWar
Battle of Heraclea →	opponentOf
Lucani →	opposed
Nola →	partOfHistoricalEntity
Rostra →	period
Vipsania Agrippina →	placeOfBirth
Curia Cornelia →	politicalEntityServed
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus →	politicalSystem
North Picene language ("Roman Republican period") →	possiblyExtinctBy
Augustus →	predecessor
Third Punic War →	primaryOpponentOfCarthage
Lycia →	recognizedBy
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt →	rulingPower
Battle of the Ticinus →	sideLost
Roman Senate →	significantInPeriod
Capua →	significantPeriod
Hasmonean dynasty ("Roman Republic after 63 BCE") →	subjectTo
Qart Hadasht →	successorPoliticalEntity
Roman Kingdom →	successorState
Rome →	wasCapitalOf
Capitoline Hill →	wasImportantInPeriod
Este →	wasPartOf
Cassius Dio →	wroteAboutPeriod