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In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as far as possible retained.

— Theodor Mommsen

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.

— Thomas Bulfinch

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

— Livy

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

— Dave Barry

Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like the Russian aristocrats of a century earlier.

— Elliott Abrams

Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined.

— Frank Dane

When Sulla died in the year 676, the oligarchy which he had restored ruled with absolute sway over the Roman state; but, as it had been established by force, it still needed force to maintain its ground against its numerous secret and open foes.

— Theodor Mommsen

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

— Hu Shih

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome.

— Robert W. Welch, Jr.

✗Opposing Perspectives

Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.

— Kate Williams

The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in terms of who they were. And after all of those things converged together, they just went right down the tubes very quickly.

— Ben Carson