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The Roman Republic

Explore the democratic principles of the Roman Republic (509-27 BCE) through the lens of the common people's political power, civil unrest like the Secession of the Plebs, and the central historical question of its true democracy.

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The Roman Republic

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  1. The Roman Republic 509-27 BCE

  2. democracy: • government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. • a state having such a form of government: The United States and Canada are democracies • a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges • political or social equality; democratic spirit. • the common people of a community as distinguished from any privileged class; the common people with respect to their political power.

  3. The Roman Republic The Roman Forum in 2004

  4. Civil Unrest An 1849 engraving depicting the Secession of the Plebs in 494 BCE

  5. Central Historical Question How democratic was the Roman Republic?

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