A republic is a form of government in which the affairs of a state are public, not private among the rulers. Between 509 and 510 B.C.E. Rome became a republic. This happened when Sextus, the son of Superbus, raped a noble woman name Lucrettia. She commited suicide shortly after this incident occured because she was ashamed. Her family members were enraged about this, and sent an army to Rome to get rid of Superbus and Sextus. They fled. Superbus survived and made it away safely; however, Sextus was murdered. Both Brutus and Collatinus were elected to be the first consults of Rome.
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