yes, but with a different meaning..."res publica" was in the Ancient Rome the "public thing", the State, the political affairs (with the ancient greek meaning of political, referred to the polis, the nation), and not the contrary of Monarchy...
Before I forgot:
In Italy, a lot of people think that Monarchy means only the contrary of democracy; the Monarchy excludes the democracy, because Fascism ruled with the consent of the Monarchy...
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