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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.
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.
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 ...
[10] 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 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.
Senate Republicans sent the final version of their massive tax bill to Democrats on Friday. Democrats are complaining because the bill has handwritten notes in the margins and is unsearchable.
Imperial propaganda developed a paternalistic ideology, presenting the princeps as the very incarnation of all virtues attributed to the ideal ruler (much like a Greek tyrannos earlier), such as clemency and justice, and military leadership, [21] obliging the princeps to play this designated role within Roman society, as his political insurance ...
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