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The '''Roman Republic''' is the term used to refer to the second era of Roman history, between the kingship and the empire.  The origins of the Republic are dubious and legendary at best, and utterly fictional at worst.  However, the Romans had a concrete sense of the [[Ab Urbe Condita|foundation date of their city]], and referred to it frequently in histories.  From Roman reckoning, historians place the pivotal events of the beginning of the Roman Republic at 509 B.C.

The '''Roman Republic''' is the term used to refer to the second era of Roman history, between the kingship and the empire.  The origins of the Republic are dubious and legendary at best, and utterly fictional at worst.  However, the Romans had a concrete sense of the [[Ab Urbe Condita|foundation date of their city]], and referred to it frequently in histories.  From Roman reckoning, historians place the pivotal events of the beginning of the Roman Republic at 509 B.C.