sentences:  On the other, the preservation of Roman republican culture and "virtues" was a paramount goal for Octavian, so it is ironic that his restoration of monarchy led to their complete corruption and decay and ultimately that of Latin culture in the West.Again, had this death process of classical European civilization and the Roman republican form of "democracy" had the same stability as similar imperial institutions established in China at roughly the same time, today's preeminence of Western culture might not exist.Roman Republic