ROMAN REPUBLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Roman Republic mean? 

• ROMAN REPUBLIC (noun)
  The noun ROMAN REPUBLIC has 1 sense:

1. the ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar

  Familiarity information: ROMAN REPUBLIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMAN REPUBLIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

republic (a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch)

Holonyms ("Roman Republic" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)