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Map of the Italian peninsula showing Roman expansion from 298 to 201 BC, with color-coded regions indicating Roman and Latin territories, allies, and acquisitions during different periods, as well as the Kingdom of Syracuse and its allies. Key cities and regions such as Rome, Capua, and Sicily are labeled, and territorial changes from the Samnite and Punic Wars are highlighted. Oil painting by Ferdinand Bol showing Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus seated and gesturing as soldiers carry out the beheading of his son before a crowd in a classical architectural setting. Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius Thematic map of ancient Italy around 500 BC, showing the geographic distribution of different peoples. Color-coded regions indicate areas inhabited by Ligurians, Etruscans, Veneti and Apuli, Italics, Celts, Raetians, Carthaginians, and Greeks, with major settlements and surrounding seas labeled. Historical map of the western Mediterranean region during the Punic Wars, showing Carthaginian territory in orange and Roman territory in green around 270 BCE. Hannibal's route from Spain, across the Alps, and into Italy between 219 and 202 BCE is marked with a red line. Key battle sites with years are labeled throughout Spain, Italy, Sicily, and North Africa.
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Painting by Cesare Maccari showing Cicero standing and addressing the Roman Senate, with senators in white togas seated in semicircular rows and Catiline isolated in the foreground.
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Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Roman Republic. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Ancient Rome—Early Republic. Jul 28, 2026
Add new Web site: LOUIS Pressbooks - Western Civilization: A Concise History - The Roman Republic. Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: CCCS Open Textbooks - PPSC HIS 1310 Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1650 - Roman Republic. Jan 16, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Roman Republic. Apr 14, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: International Journal of Scientific and Research Publication - How Democratic Was the Roman Republic and Empire? Oct 28, 2024
Add new Web site: USHistory.org - The Roman Republic. Jul 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Live Science - Roman Republic: The rise and fall of ancient Rome's government. Oct 08, 2023
Add new Web site: OpenStax - World History Volume 1, to 1500 - The Roman Republic. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Atlantic Canada Pressbooks - Western Civilization - The Roman Republic. Jun 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The Roman�Republic. Dec 04, 2022
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The Roman Republic � Was It Truly A Republic? Aug 29, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 03, 2021
Media added. Jul 31, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jan 05, 2018
Media added. Dec 11, 2015
Add new Web site: The Met - The Roman Republic. Jul 28, 2014
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Roman Republic. Dec 30, 2013
New article added. Jan 23, 2009
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