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The princeps senatus (pl. principes senatus), in English the leader of the senate, was the first member by precedence on the membership rolls of the Roman Senate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although officially out of the cursus honorum and possessing no imperium , this office conferred prestige on the senator holding it.
The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. [1] Augustus maintained a facade of Republican rule, rejecting monarchical titles but calling himself princeps senatus (first man of the Senate) and princeps civitatis (first citizen of the ...
The presiding magistrate would then begin a discussion by referring an issue to the senators, who would discuss the issue, one at a time, by order of seniority, with the first to speak, the most senior senator, known as the princeps senatus (leader of the Senate), [1] who was then followed by ex-consuls (consulares), and then the praetors and ...
Senators had indicated for weeks that they were concerned about Gabbard’s past remarks regarding the disgraced National Security Agency contractor who leaked myriad classified documents.
Of the four Senators taking oaths on Friday who also spoke at the Republican convention in Milwaukee last year, three of them couldn’t be bothered to pronounce her name correctly when they took ...
In total, senators on both sides of the aisle, Young included, asked Gabbard 10 times whether Snowden was a traitor, but her reply generally consisted of saying, “Edward Snowden broke the law.”
The House and Senate established formal press galleries in 1877. [2] The Senate Daily Press Gallery operates under Rule XXXIII of the Standing Rules of the United States Senate. Under these rules, the Speaker of the House and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration maintain final authority over all the press galleries. [3] [4]
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