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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 consilium principis comprised Augustus, the consuls and 15 senators with lower ranking members rotating out of the body every six months, however, owing to Augustus' auctoritas and him being princeps the body fell under his auspices. Scullard reinforces this notion saying "In one important way he made the Senate more efficient and at the ...
A senator could make a brief statement, discuss the matter in detail, or talk about an unrelated topic. All senators had to speak before a vote could be held, and since all meetings had to end by nightfall, [11] a senator could talk a proposal to death (a filibuster or diem consumere) if they could keep the debate going until nightfall. [9]
(The Center Square) – Three senators who displayed some of the most hostility towards Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at his confirmation hearing Wednesday all ...
PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader elect John Thune, with his newly elected leadership team, responds to a question from the news media following the Senate Republican leadership vote in the U.S ...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the State Department, is expected to tell his Senate colleagues Wednesday morning that the incoming administration will place ...
Senators of the early Empire could ask extraneous questions or request that a certain action be taken by the Senate. Higher ranking senators spoke before lower ranking senators, although the Emperor could speak at any time. [5] Besides the Emperor, Consuls, and Praetors could also preside over the Senate.
Republican senators went to great lengths on Wednesday to avoid bashing President Donald Trump and his criticism of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but they didn't hold back on Russian ...