RUDN Journal of SociologyRUDN Journal of Sociology2313-22722408-8897Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba6270Research ArticlePublic opinion in the Roman RepublicGasparishviliA TAnalytical Department of the RectorateGasparishvili@gmail.comZotovaL V3otova@list.ruMoscow State University named after M.V. LomonosovCenter for Social Technologies15032014319920607092016Copyright © 2016, Sociology2016The article deals with the forms of the public opinion manifestation in the Republican Rome. The authors show that in the Roman Republic the public opinion existed in the form of the ‘public tribunal’ of the Roman people that was respected, omnipresent, all-pervading and volatile.public opinionthe Roman Republicdemocracypolicypowerобщественное мнениеРимреспубликадемократияполитикавласть