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Roman Republic   /rˈoʊmən ripˈəblək/   Listen
Roman Republic

noun
1.
The ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar.





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"Roman Republic" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Italian national party took action in a way that either forced, or more probably encouraged, Victor Emmanuel's Government to step in under the pretext of preventing the creation of a Roman Republic. The King invited Pius IX. to assent to the peaceful occupation of Rome by the royal troops, and on receiving the expected refusal, moved forward 35,000 soldiers. The resistance of the 11,000 Papal troops proved to be mainly a matter of form. The wall near the Porta ...
— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose


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