# Roman Republic - Collegial Republican Government

URL: https://roman-history.com/rulers/roman-republic
Reign: 508 BCE – 28 BCE
Dynasty: Roman Republic
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic

Rome was governed through magistrates, Senate, and assemblies rather than a continuous monarch.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Lucius Tarquinius Superbus](https://roman-history.com/rulers/lucius-tarquinius-superbus)
- Succeeded by: [Augustus](https://roman-history.com/rulers/augustus)

## Timeline events during this reign
- -494 - [First Secession of the Plebs](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-494-first-secession-of-the-plebs)
- -451 - [Twelve Tables](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-451-twelve-tables)
- -390 - [Gallic Sack of Rome](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-390-gallic-sack-of-rome)
- -367 - [Licinio-Sextian Settlement](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-367-licinio-sextian-settlement)
- -343 - [First Samnite War](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-343-first-samnite-war)
- -312 - [Via Appia Construction Begins](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-312-via-appia-construction-begins)
- -287 - [Lex Hortensia](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-287-lex-hortensia)
- -264 - [First Punic War Begins](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-264-first-punic-war-begins)
- -241 - [First Punic War Ends](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-241-first-punic-war-ends)
- -218 - [Second Punic War Begins](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-218-second-punic-war-begins)
- -216 - [Battle of Cannae](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-216-battle-of-cannae)
- -202 - [Battle of Zama](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-202-battle-of-zama)
- -168 - [Battle of Pydna](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-168-battle-of-pydna)
- -146 - [Carthage and Corinth Destroyed](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-146-carthage-and-corinth-destroyed)
- -133 - [Tiberius Gracchus Killed](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-133-tiberius-gracchus-killed)
- -107 - [Marius Elected Consul](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-107-marius-elected-consul)
- -91 - [Social War Begins](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-91-social-war-begins)
- -82 - [Sulla Becomes Dictator](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-82-sulla-becomes-dictator)
- -73 - [Spartacus Revolt Begins](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-73-spartacus-revolt-begins)
- -63 - [Catilinarian Conspiracy Suppressed](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-63-catilinarian-conspiracy-suppressed)
- -60 - [First Triumvirate Forms](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-60-first-triumvirate-forms)
- -49 - [Caesar Crosses the Rubicon](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-49-caesar-crosses-the-rubicon)
- -44 - [Assassination of Julius Caesar](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-44-assassination-of-julius-caesar)
- -31 - [Battle of Actium](https://roman-history.com/timeline/-31-battle-of-actium)