How the Roman Republic Became the Roman Empire

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Roman Republic existed for almost 500 years. The Romane Empire then existed for almost another 500 years. The two institutions had a great deal in common, but they radically differed in how Rome was administered. The Republic was set up explicitly to prevent the rule of a single individual, and yet, in the end, that is exactly what happened. Learn more about how the Roman Republic became the Roman Empire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Newspapers.com is like a time machine. Dive into their extensive online archives to explore history as it happened. With over 800 million digitized newspaper pages spanning three centuries, Newspapers.com provides an unparalleled gateway to the past, with papers from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond. Use the code “EverythingEverywhere” at checkout to get 20% off a publisher extra subscription at newspapers.com. ButcherBox ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. ButcherBox.com/Daily Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Roman Republic existed for almost 500 years.
0:03.0	The Roman Empire then existed for almost another 500 years.
0:07.0	The two institutions had a great deal in common,
0:09.0	but they radically differed in how Rome was administered.
0:12.0	The Republic was set up to
0:13.9	explicitly prevent the rule of a single individual and yet during the empire
0:18.2	that is exactly what happened. Learn more about how the Roman Republic became the Roman Empire on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. In a previous episode I discussed the differences between the Roman kingdom, the Roman
0:46.4	Republic, and the Roman Empire.
0:48.9	Julius Caesar is largely considered by historians to have been the last leader of the Roman Republic,
0:54.0	and his posthumously adopted son Octavian, later called Augustus, is considered to be the first Roman
0:59.4	emperor. However, this change didn't happen overnight.
1:04.0	When we think of an empire, we think of a single state that controls a large amount of land and has conquered other nations.
1:10.0	However, the Roman Republic had already been doing that.
1:13.0	Using that definition, the Roman Republic was in fact an empire.
1:17.0	What made the Roman Empire an empire was the existence of an emperor.
1:22.0	Strangely enough, there was never an official legal
1:25.5	position in Rome called an emperor. The English word emperor comes from the
1:30.4	Latin word imperator. An imperator was someone who held Imperium, which meant legal authority.
1:36.8	A general had Imperium over his troops. A magistrate had Imperium over a particular region or a
1:42.3	particular jurisdiction.
1:44.0	One person's imperium could be greater than another person's imperium.
1:48.0	If having imperium made someone an emperor,
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