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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



... "When a man is about to die, the stories of future punishment which he had formerly ridiculed trouble him with fears of their truth."40 And that frightful accounts of hell really swayed and terrified the people, even so late as the time of the Roman republic, appears from the earnest and elaborate arguments employed by various writers ...
— The Destiny of the Soul - A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life • William Rounseville Alger


Words linked to "Roman Republic" :   republic, Europe


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