The Republic matures: the Roman Republic was not built in a day, but was the product of generations of reform and even some serious reverses.(History--Rome)

From: The New American | Date: October 18, 2004| Author: Bonta, Steve | Copyright information

This is the second installment in a series of articles on the rise and fall of the Roman Republic.

About 15 years after the founding of the Roman Republic in 509 B.C., an apparition appeared one day in the Roman Forum. It was no phantom or divine portent, though, but a flesh-and-blood figure, a pale and emaciated old man dressed in rags who soon attracted a large crowd of curious onlookers. Displaying a chest covered with battle scars, the wild-haired old man announced t...

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