12 sentences with “republic”

The republic will hold elections in December.

The citizens of the republic voted massively.

The president of the republic greeted the citizens.

Florence was a republic with a long tradition of civic government.

In 1581 the northern provinces declared their independence from Spain. In 1588 they organised themselves as a republic led by wealthy merchants and nobles.

While in Florence, Machiavelli wrote several works on politics, in particular a consideration of the proper functioning of a republic such as Florence itself.

The Dutch East India Company was created to serve as the official trading company of the republic, a company with a legal monopoly to trade with a certain region: India and Southeast Asia.

Simultaneously, debates arose among the "roundheads" (Parliamentarians) about the kind of government they were fighting for; some, called the Levelers, argued for a popular government, a true democratic republic.

The Greek historian Polybius calmly observed at that time in his comprehensive history of the republic that insofar as there was a deliberate intention behind all this cruelty, it was easy to identify: to cause terror.

Similarly, all Roman aristocrats acquired their political power through military glory until the end of the republic, and even then military glory was all that was required for a man to achieve any kind of political importance.

Even when he turned the government of a republic into a bureaucratic tool of his own volition, he insisted on traditional republican beliefs and culture. This undoubtedly reflected his own conservative tastes, but it also facilitated the transition from republic to autocracy for traditional Roman elites.

However, Rome did not punish the cities after it had defeated them. Instead, it offered them citizenship in its republic (albeit without voting rights) in exchange for pledges of loyalty and troops during the war, a very important precedent because it meant that with each victory, Rome could potentially expand its military might.