# Historicity of the Kingdom of Rome

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historicity-of-the-kingdom-of-rome/1007808 "2024-09-27T20:10:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 29, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historicity-of-the-kingdom-of-rome/1007808/21 "2024-09-29T04:20:49Z")

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I mean the specifics are dubious but as a general point it seems likely that the roman Republic was preceded by a monarchy. The amount cultural taboos towards monarchy in the Republic (not to mention that it was the dominant form of government in that era) implies it was likely a monarchy at some point, even if the historicity of individual kings like Romulus or Numa is dubious

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