Gladiatorial contests were originally an Etruscan practice and so date back to the days before the Roman Republic was founded. |
As the Roman Republic after the defeat of Carthage so, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, US supremacy is unchallenged. |
In youth he also read with deep admiration Sallust's sombre histories of the Roman Republic and the comedies of Terence. |
Our magistracies are as close to those of the Roman Republic as we can make them. |
According to Roman legend, the Romans expelled the Etruscan king Tarquin the Proud from Rome around 509 B.C. and founded the Roman Republic. |
The Roman Republic had a 365 day calendar into which leap days were inserted by a board of priests, whenever it appeared that the calendar was out of synch with the seasons. |