Tarquin The Proud Never Deposed.

What if the coup against Tarquinius Superbus had failed, and therefore, the Roman Republic never founded. How would history have gone on?, would the Kingdom Of Rome ever become as powerful as the Empire in our TL?
 
would the Kingdom Of Rome ever become as powerful as the Empire in our TL?
There is a school of thought that says 'no'. It wouldn't have the necessary social stability (of a certain sort) that allowed the Republic to come back from defeat after defeat.
Could the republic not be founded on a later date.
Entirely possible. After all, it is not as if Rome's development was particularly unique at that point - the real differences didn't start to crop up until the whole tribune solution thing.
 
This may be a bit off topic but what if Tarquin recaptures Rome?

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If we want to get technical, we don't actually know whether Tarqunius Superbus actually existed or not. Remember, most of Rome's history pre-sacking of Rome, we have sketchy knowledge at best.
 
If we want to get technical, we don't actually know whether Tarqunius Superbus actually existed or not. Remember, most of Rome's history pre-sacking of Rome, we have sketchy knowledge at best.

We can atleast assume the broadstrokes of really bad king overthrown by republican revolution lead by a dude. While the characters of Brutus and Tarauin may not be real they have no reason to entirely falsify the thing.
 
We can atleast assume the broadstrokes of really bad king overthrown by republican revolution lead by a dude. While the characters of Brutus and Tarauin may not be real they have no reason to entirely falsify the thing.

Oh I agree. The date 509 is also suspicious. It just so happens to be right before the Athenians became a democracy. The Romans just couldn't stand not being the first at democracy (though they were a republic but still).
 
1) Tarquin was Etruscan. Rome was an Etruscan colony at that point. The revolt was far more against a foreign overlord than against monarchy, per se. So no revolt means continued Etruscan dominance.

2) that, in turn, is severely going to limit roman expansion.

3) however, when Rome shakes off the Etruscan yoke, as seems likely eventually, they might more explicitly borrow a political structure from some of the cities of Magna Graeca, or from Carthage, say. Partly depending on who they were allied with.
 
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