Term
Republic
From the Latin res publica, “the common affair”. This was the name for the way Rome was run after the kings were driven out, when the state was governed by elected officials.
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard
Explained in
- SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard
- On Friendship, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Here, the Roman state before the rule of the emperors, with elected offices and a senate.