The Roman Republic Period ran from the traditional overthrow of Rome's monarchy in 509 BC to the establishment of one-man rule under Augustus around 27 BC, five centuries in which Rome expanded from a single city-state to the dominant power of the Mediterranean world. Its political system divided power between annually elected magistrates, most notably two consuls, and the aristocratic Senate, with an evolving set of popular assemblies giving ordinary citizens, the plebeians, a growing if unequal share of power after the Conflict of the Orders. The Republic's final century was marked by escalating civil wars among ambitious generals, Marius and Sulla, then Caesar and Pompey, and finally Octavian and Mark Antony, a cycle of violence that ended with the Republic's own institutions unable to survive the concentration of military power in individual hands.
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The Roman Republic (Latin: Res publica Romana, pronounced [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
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The Roman Republic (Latin: Res publica Romana, pronounced [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
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During this period, Rome's control expanded from the city's immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world.
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The Roman Republic (Latin: Res publica Romana, pronounced [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilisation beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
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the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar
Wikipedia: Epistulae ad Atticum
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a collection of letters from Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus between 68 and 43 BCE
Spartacus (Wikipedia)
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His revolt began in 73 BC when, along with about 70 other gladiators, he escaped a gladiatorial school near Capua
Wikipedia: Battle of Actium
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on 2 September 31 BC
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