Why did the Romans form a republic?

Answer 1

The Romans were fed up with the abuses of their kings. After a particularly heinous crime, the Etruscan kings were expelled and driven from Rome. The Romans went on to establish a republic, a government that is run by the people who elect their own leaders.

Answer 2

they created a republic because there last king Tarquinius Superbus or Tarquin the Proud was really really cruel to his subjects so the Romans kicked him out and got rid of kings all together.

Answer 3

The early Romans around the year of 500 BC BCE began a new form of government after the last king was deposed. They chose the form of a republic to be the foundation of the new Roman government. The citizens believed that a republic, where the powers were shared between the wealthy senators and the Popular Assembly would be the best way to never revert to one man gaining sole power and becoming a king. Thus each year, the Assembly would elect from the Senate two men to serve as consuls. They handled most everything in Rome inasmuch that Rome was still a small city state. The consuls could only serve one year.

Answer 4

The Romans decided to form a republic because they no longer would tolerate the tyrant of the kings. They wanted a government where the people (themselves) had a say in the running of things.

Answer 5

A republic, Romans thought, would keep any individual from gaining too much power!

Answer 6

Rome formed its republic after ousting the last king because it no longer wanted a one-man- rule. They preferred to be ruled by a consensus of men.

Answer 7

because they did not have any chicken