In a short paragraph, describe the transition of Rome from a republic to an empire. What was the republic like, and what caused it to become an empire? Please don't use any links as they don't work for me.

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

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