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A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Representation in a republic may or may not be freely elected by the general citizenry.
Politeia; Latin: De Republica [1]) is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice ( δικαιοσύνη ), the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. [2] . It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically.
- Πολιτεία
- Plato
- c. 375 BCE
- Ancient Greece
This is a list of republics. For antiquity (or later in the case of societies that did not refer to modern terminology to qualify their form of government) the assessment of whether a state organisation is a republic is based on retrospective analysis by historians and political theorists.
Learn about republic, a form of government in which the state is ruled by representatives of the people, not by a hereditary monarch. Explore the history and examples of republics, from ancient Greece to modern times, and the contrast with democracy and revolution.
Republic. A republic is a form of government that has no monarchy and no hereditary aristocracy. [1] It originates from Rome. In 509 BC, the Romans overthrew the Roman Kingdom and established a republic, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf.
A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy. As a cross between two similar systems, democratic republics may function on principles shared by both republics and democracies.
The Dominican Republic [a] is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with Haiti, [15] [16] making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands, along with Saint Martin, that is ...