# The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States

Author: Lewis, James, 1863-1939

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41202

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## Summary

It is now nearly two thousand years since the curtain fell upon the last act in the history of the Roman republic. During these twenty centuries many other republics have flourished and passed away, while, in turn, new republics have arisen to take the place of the earlier ones; but no other fallen republic in the whole course of history has attained to the same degree of importance, has possessed the same degree of interest, or has exerted the same influence on the history of the world, as did that of Rome. The five centuries of republican institutions on the banks of the Tiber still remain the richest quarry to which the student or historian of republican governments is able to resort f...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-two-great-republics-rome-and-the-united-states-41202/chapters/1/index.md)