Roman Republic

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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.

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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 Roman Antiquity
surface form: 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 legion
surface form: Roman legions

Roman navy
notableEvent Battle of Actium
Caesar’s civil war
Gallic Wars
Punic Wars
Social War
Spartacus (1960 film)
surface form: 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

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Battle of the Ticinus belligerent Roman Republic
Battle of the Ticinus sideLost Roman Republic
Clazomenae underControlOf Roman Republic
Campus Martius associatedWith Roman Republic
Massilia countryDuringAntiquity Roman Republic
Battle of the Metaurus belligerent Roman Republic
Battle of the Metaurus combatant Roman Republic
Lampsacus underControlOf Roman Republic
Macedon fellTo Roman Republic
Ahenobarbus associatedWith Roman Republic
Illyrians foughtWarsWith Roman Republic
Pherae laterControlledBy Roman Republic
Demetrias underControlOf Roman Republic
Antigonus II Mattathias opponent Roman Republic
Marrucini associatedWith Roman Republic
Lucani opposed Roman Republic
Lucani laterSubjectTo Roman Republic
Lucani conqueredBy Roman Republic
Seleucid Empire followedBy Roman Republic
Lusitanians timePeriod Roman Republic
this entity surface form: Roman Republican period
Lusitanians opponent Roman Republic
Latins associatedWith Roman Republic
Vestini integratedInto Roman Republic
Byrsa Hill destroyedBy Roman Republic
Hyrcanus II influencedBy Roman Republic
Ostia timePeriod Roman Republic
this entity surface form: Republican Rome
Veii conqueredBy Roman Republic
Volsci conflictWith Roman Republic
Volsci subjugatedBy Roman Republic
Volsci defeatedBy Roman Republic
Veneti alliedWith Roman Republic
Falisci historicalPeriod Roman Republic
this entity surface form: Roman Republican period
Falisci conqueredBy Roman Republic
Herculaneum timePeriod Roman Republic
Baiae timePeriod Roman Republic
Umbrians conqueredBy Roman Republic
Bruttii timePeriod Roman Republic
Bruttii opposedBy Roman Republic
Antiochus IV Epiphanes heldAsHostageBy Roman Republic
Vulci conqueredBy Roman Republic
Populonia countryDuringAntiquity Roman Republic
Clusium laterIncorporatedInto Roman Republic
North Picene language possiblyExtinctBy Roman Republic
this entity surface form: Roman Republican period
Kingdom of Cappadocia clientOf Roman Republic
Kingdom of Cappadocia alliedWith Roman Republic
Vitruvius citizenship Roman Republic