The Dubrovnik Republic existed as an autonomous political community, in

complex geopolitical conditions, for no less than 450 years (1358-1808). Throughout this period the political system was neither changed nor was it seriously endangered from within. This makes the Dubrovnik Republic a unique phenomenon. The text puts forward a concise analysis of the histori-cal-political circumstances, of the Republic’s political and legal system, and of its republican ideology. Furthermore, three important theorists of the Du-brovnik republican ideology are contextualised, namely Nikola Gučetić, To-mo Basiljević and Ivo Nadali. A closer look is provided into Gučetić’s theo-retical views on Dubrovnik republicanism