What were the rulers of the Roman Republic called?
The Roman period basically has three phases, sort of like how America had a colonial phase where it was ruled by Britain and our current independent phase, where we are ruled by our own democracy. The first phase was called the Roman Kingdom. It lasted from the founding of Rome at 753 B.C until the Romans threw their king out and established a Republic in 510 B.C. During the Republic, there were no permanent rulers. The two chief executives were called Consuls. It would have been a lot like having two presidents or two prime ministers. In emergencies, The Romans appointed something called a Dictator, who was given absolute authority to lead Rome through the crisis, and their term only lasted a single year The Republic lasted from 510 B.C until 27 B.C. In 27 B.C Caesar Augustus achieved absolute authority, but never used the term “king”. He used the term “Princep”, which is Latin for “first citizen”, but we call him the first Emperor for the sake of ease. The Roman Empire lasted from 27
