Please answer the professor question it is 3 parts to this assignments first res

Please answer the professor question it is 3 parts to this assignments first res

Please answer the professor question it is 3 parts to this assignments first response to the teacher with a thesis and your response and reference. second come up with your own question. then you have to reply to one student. Below is the professor question that needs to be answered.
 
respond in two paragraph
What was the Roman republic and what were the factors that caused its rise, longevity, and destruction? In what ways does the rape and suicide of Lucretia (primary source) factor into an explanation of the republic’s rise and fall?
Then come up with your own question with a thesis and reference 
reply to student in two paragraph.