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The Roman Senate (Latin: Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy.With different powers throughout its existence it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome (traditionally founded in 753 BC) as the Senate of the Roman Kingdom, to the Senate of the Roman Republic and Senate of the Roman Empire and eventually the Byzantine Senate of ...
The Senate was the governing and advisory assembly of the aristocracy in the ancient Roman Republic. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls , and later by the censors , which were appointed by the aristocratic Centuriate Assembly .
1st-century BC Roman senators (2 C, 1 P) R. Senators of the Roman Republic (6 C, 100 P) Roman praetors (3 C, 1 P)
The senate of the Roman Kingdom could only be convened by the king, and usually met in either a templum, or in some other location that had been consecrated by a religious official (an augur). [9] While the senate could pass "laws", it would be incorrect to view the "laws" passed during the time of the kingdom as legislation.
Various lists regarding the political institutions of ancient Rome are presented. [1] Each entry in a list is a link to a separate article. Categories included are: constitutions (5), laws (5), and legislatures (7); state offices (28) and office holders (6 lists); political factions (2 + 1 conflict) and social ranks (8).
The decree was a statement of the senate advising the magistrates (usually the consuls and praetors) to defend the state. [2]The senatus consultum ultimum was related to a series of other emergency decrees that the republic could resort to in a crisis, such as decrees to levy soldiers, shut down public business, or declare people to be public enemies.
4th-century BC Roman senators (1 C, 2 P) C. Catiline (2 C, 8 P) R. Roman Republican consuls (6 C, 3 P) Roman Republican praetors (5 C, 135 P)
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