WrappedInShadows
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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?
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.would the Kingdom Of Rome ever become as powerful as the Empire in our TL?
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.Could the republic not be founded on a later date.
I would place my bets on the republic springing up later. The aristocracy isn't gonna be kept down forever.
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.