Questions about the period of ancient Roman civilization when the government operated as a republic from 509 BC to 27 BC.
Example questions
- What factors contributed to earlier democratic states failing?
- What form of home address did Romans use?
- What were the rights of various classes of people in the Roman Republic?
- In which direction does the thumb point in the "pollice verso?"
Related tags
classical-antiquity for general questions about the cultural history of the Greco-Roman world
ancient-rome for general questions about the Ancient Rome civilization
roman-kingdom for questions for the Kingdom of Rome, that started with the city's founding
roman-empire for questions specific to the Roman Empire
byzantine-empire for questions specific to the Byzantine Empire
ancient-greece for questions about the related Ancient Greek civilization (see the tag wiki for more related tags)