Antica is a micronation that was founded on June 17, 2003 by Delphi Augustus and Octavius Me. It was originally governed as the Dinarchy of Antica, and the two served as its two Dinarchs, sharing near absolute power, for most of the Dinarchy's existence. On August 31, 2005, a group of Anticans, including Octavius Me, left to found the Republic of Antica. The Dinarchy quickly lost most of its population to the Republic and the remnant ceded itself to Shireroth on December 1, 2005. The Republic continued to operate until September 2007, when its legislature, the Assembly, repealed its own constitution. On January 1, 2008, a third Antican government, the Commonwealth, was founded, and is Antica's current government.