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Historians also debate the time of the fall of Rome, based on their private conceptions of what Roman republicanism truly meant.  In a sense, the end of the Republic was inevitable after the rise of [[Marius]], but the true end of the Republic is often placed at either the death of [[Julius Caesar]] (when Republican government first truly ceased), the [[Battle of Actium]] (Augustus' victory over [[Marc Antony]]), or the [[Constitutional Settlement]] of [[Augustus Caesar]], which recognized that ruler as ''princeps'', or "first citizen," with plenary power over Roman holdings.  Most historians agree to use the date of the Constitutional Settlement as the date when all possibility of the restoration of the Republic finally ended, bringing the Republic to its true close, in 27 B.C.

Historians also debate the time of the fall of Rome, based on their private conceptions of what Roman republicanism truly meant.  In a sense, the end of the Republic was inevitable after the rise of [[Marius]], but the true end of the Republic is often placed at either the death of [[Julius Caesar]] (when Republican government first truly ceased), the [[Battle of Actium]] (Augustus' victory over [[Marc Antony]]), or the [[Constitutional Settlement]] of [[Augustus Caesar]], which recognized that ruler as ''princeps'', or "first citizen," with plenary power over Roman holdings.  Most historians agree to use the date of the Constitutional Settlement as the date when all possibility of the restoration of the Republic finally ended, bringing the Republic to its true close, in 27 B.C.

== A Short Primer on [[Etruria|Eturian]] Influence on Rome ==

=== A Short Primer on [[Etruria|Eturian]] Influence on Rome ===

== The Rape of Lucretia, and Overthrow of the Tarquins ==

=== The Rape of Lucretia, and Overthrow of the Tarquins ===

== The Gauls and Other Foundation Myths ==

=== The Gauls and Other Foundation Myths ===

== The Conquest of Italy ==

== The Conquest of Italy ==

== The Struggle of the Orders: the Gracchi ==

=== The Struggle of the Orders: the Gracchi ===

== The Punic Wars: Nascent Roman Imperialism ==

=== The Punic Wars: Nascent Roman Imperialism ===

== The Jugurthine War, Marius, and the Beginning of the End ==

=== The Jugurthine War, Marius, and the Beginning of the End ===

== Sulla and Pompey: "More Worship the Rising Sun than the Setting" ==

=== Sulla and Pompey: "More Worship the Rising Sun than the Setting" ===

== The First Triumvirate ==

=== The First Triumvirate ===

== The Fall of the Republic ==

=== The Fall of the Republic ===

 

==Roman Legacies==

== Republican Overtones in the Early Empire ==

== Republican Overtones in the Early Empire ==