Why do you think the Romans went from a Republic with democratically elected leader to a an Empire with an absolute ruler? What are the advantages of having an empire? What are the disadvantages?

Though the Roman Republic stood for several centuries, tensions within the government began to tear it apart. Civil wars started between groups with different loyalties, which brought about the transformation of the republic into an empire. The Arch of Severus (center) was added during the imperial phase of Rome, an addition to a republican icon, the Roman Forum.

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