Given the statement 'Julius Caesar's nephew Octavian took the name Augustus; Rome ceased to be a republic, and became an empire.', is 'Rome never ceased to be a republic, and did not become an empire.' neither a logical follow-up nor a contradiction?
Julius Caesar's nephew Octavian took the name Augustus; Rome ceased to be a republic, and became an empire.###Rome never ceased to be a republic, and did not become an empire.