
Published online:
28 January 2013
Published in print:
01 February 2013
Online ISBN:
9780199971428
Print ISBN:
9780195188318
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The Formation of the Roman Republic The Formation of the Roman Republic
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The Roman “Constitution” The Roman “Constitution”
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Magistrates Magistrates
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Assemblies Assemblies
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The Senate The Senate
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Religion in the Roman State Religion in the Roman State
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The Early Roman State The Early Roman State
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Law and Order: Conflict and Coercion Law and Order: Conflict and Coercion
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Civil and Military Power Civil and Military Power
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The “Struggle of the Orders” The “Struggle of the Orders”
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Social and Political Stability in the Middle Roman Republic Social and Political Stability in the Middle Roman Republic
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The New Nobility The New Nobility
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Elite and Masses Elite and Masses
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Rome’s Expansion in Italy Rome’s Expansion in Italy
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The Roman Hegemony in Italy The Roman Hegemony in Italy
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Imperial Expansion Outside Italy Imperial Expansion Outside Italy
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The Fall of the Roman Republic The Fall of the Roman Republic
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References References
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Chapter
14 The Roman Empire I: The Republic
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Henrik Mouritsen
Henrik Mouritsen
classics, King’s College London
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Henrik Mouritsen, Professor of Roman History, King’s College London.
Pages
383–411
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Published:28 January 2013
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Mouritsen, Henrik, ' The Roman Empire I: The Republic', in Peter Fibiger Bang, and Walter Scheidel (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean (2013; online edn, Oxford Academic, 28 Jan. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195188318.013.0015, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter examines the history of the Roman Empire as a republic, explaining the formation of the Roman republic, its durability and relative stability, and the military expansionism that allowed it to expand its territory. It also identifies the social, political, and military factors that led to the weakening of the republican system of government and its eventual replacement with the monarchy system.
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