"...(now well over 200 years old)" Duh, how did miss that glaring typo? Of course that should read 2000 years. While I'm at it, the best figure we have for t

"...(now well over 200 years old)" Duh, how did miss that glaring typo? Of course that should read 2000 years. While I'm at it, the best figure we have for the Republic is ≈375 BC which makes it ≈2396 years old.