The Roman Republic ended when the Roman people decided to vote for Caesar. Of course, he carefully claimed he was not Caesar, but simple Octavian, man of the people, who sought nothing but to benefit the people and protect or restore their republic. Once in power, however, Augustus Octavian Caesar, who claimed only to be “First Citizen,” was soon followed by the likes of Caligula and the degeneration of Rome into a cesspool of lawlessness and depravity.
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