The Roman Empire began during the rule of the first Roman emperor, Augustus, after he won the civil war against Mark Antony and Cleopatra. To keep things simple, we've just listed the most influential leaders of the Republic, their titles, and their lifespan. The government of the Republic can take a bit of explaining as it's quite complicated. It carried over a lot of the same traditions, and even some of the same government bodies like the Roman Senate. The Roman Republic was the successor to the kingdom of Rome.
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Tarquinius, the story goes, was a criminal of the worst sort, setting off a legendary series of events that led to the ousting of the king and the founding of the republican government. The kings began with Romulus, brother of Remus and son of Mars, and end with the tyrant Tarquinius in 509. According to the (mythologized) histories passed down by Roman historians, the city-state was ruled by seven kings who held almost absolute power. Read on to learn about the leaders of the Rome and their remarkable lives. The span of Ancient Roman history saw some of the ancient world's most important (and bizarre) characters. More than a millennium passed between the founding of Rome and the collapse of the Western Roman government in 476. Take me to the Kings | Take me to the Republic Leaders | Take me to the Emperors Caesar became to the first Roman to be deified by officials.Updated | Logan Chamberlain Over a millennium of leadership (good and bad) In 42 BCE, two years after the assassination of Julius Caesar he is posthumously given the title Divus Iulius.They assassinated Caesar to protect the Roman Republic, but the event actual led to the rise of the Roman Empire.
The leaders of the assassination were Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius and Decimus Brutus. Caesar is stabbed 23 times by various senators.
This victory by Caesar allows him to be the most powerful person in the Roman Republic. Caesar would be victorious and becomes the dictator of Rome.