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One of the reasons that it fell was the use of violence by the Roman elite. After the attempted (mainly agrarian) reforms of the Gracchi brothers, Tiberius and Gaius in the 130s to 120s BCE, violence and bribery became endemic in the system. Tiberius and Gaius were murdered by mobs controlled by the senatorial elite after the Gracchis use of novel constitutional methods .
Another key factor was that Roman republican generals such as Marius , Sulla, Pompey and Gaius Julius Caesar had in effect, private armies that looked to them for retirement packages and to defend their interests.
This was all set against the massive expansion of the empire from the Punic wars onward - a growth in both territory and wealth and the dislocations that this caused. These dislocations included an increased use of money bribes by Republican statesman, provincial governors growing massively wealthy on plunder and landlessness of the Italian peasantry caused by a series of wars.
The Republic (not the empire) came to and end when one Republican statesman became in effect a monarch, Octavian, later to become the first Roman Emperor Augustus.
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EzraThe Republic failed because it did not meet the needs of the people, and because Augustus wished to take sole control of Rome and her provinces. The Roman Republic was thus replaced with the Roman Empire.
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How many years did the Roman republic last for?
The Roman Republic lasted 482 years.
Who was first the roman republic the roman empire or the athenian democracy and in what order?
Athenian democracy, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
What groups made up the general Roman society?
Roman society was divided into the patricians (the aristocracy), the equites (equestrians) who were bankers, money lenders, merchants and investors in shipping and mining, and the plebeians (the commoners). there were also slaves and freedmen
Who were the plebeians in the early Roman Republic?
In the early Roman Republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.In the early Roman republic the plebeians were the poor, working class people.
What were the parts of the Roman Republic?
The Roman republic consisted of the senate and the Roman people. SPQR.
