Constitution
The Constitution of the Roman Republic was an unwritten set of guidelines and principles passed down mainly through precedent. The Roman constitution was not formal or even official. It was largely unwritten, uncodified, and constantly evolving.
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“A Constitution should be short and obscure.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
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