The term originates from the Latin translation of Greek word politeia. Cicero, among other Latin writers, translated politeia as res publica, and it was in turn translated by … See more

Structure
With no monarch, most modern republics use the title president for the head of state. Originally used to … See more

Archaic meaning
Before the 17th Century, the term 'republic' could be used to refer to states of any form of government as long as it was not a tyrannical regime. … See more

While the philosophical terminology developed in classical Greece and Rome, as already noted by Aristotle there was already a long history of city states with a wide variety of … See more

A republic does not necessarily have a constitution but is often constitutional in the sense of constitutionalism, meaning that it is constituted by a set of institutions which provide a See more

In general being a republic also implies sovereignty as for the state to be ruled by the people it cannot be controlled by a foreign power. There are important exceptions to this, … See more

• Commonwealth
• Democracy
• Democratic republic
• Free state
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