<Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Roman Republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Official name (as on coins): Roma after c. 100 BC: Senatus populusque Romanus (Latin) (SPQR) ("The Senate and People of Rome") </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 509 BC--27 BC </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Roman consul accompanied by two lictors </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Roman provinces on the eve of the assassination of Julius Caesar, 44 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Capital </Td> <Td> Rome </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Languages </Td> <Td> Latin (official) Etruscan, Greek, Osco - Umbrian, Venetic, Ligurian, Rhaetian, Nuragic, Sicel, Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Punic, Berber, Illyrian, Iberian, Lusitanian, Celtiberian, Gallic, Aquitanian (Unofficial, but commonly spoken) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Religion </Td> <Td> Roman polytheism </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Government </Td> <Td> Republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Consul </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 509--508 BC </Td> <Td> Lucius Brutus, Lucius Collatinus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 BC </Td> <Td> Gaius Octavianus, Marcus Agrippa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Legislature </Td> <Td> Legislative Assemblies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Historical era </Td> <Td> Classical antiquity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Overthrow of Tarquinius Superbus following the Rape of Lucretia </Td> <Td> 509 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Caesar proclaimed dictator for 10 years </Td> <Td> 47 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Battle of Actium </Td> <Td> 2 September 31 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Octavian proclaimed Augustus </Td> <Td> 16 January 27 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Area </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 326 BC </Td> <Td> 10,000 km (3,900 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 200 BC </Td> <Td> 360,000 km (140,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 146 BC </Td> <Td> 800,000 km (310,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 100 BC </Td> <Td> 1,200,000 km (460,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 BC </Td> <Td> 1,950,000 km (750,000 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Currency </Td> <Td> Roman Republican currency </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roman Kingdom </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Roman Empire </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Roman Republic </Td> </Tr>

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