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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 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 ...
Artist's impression of the Senate in session; Cicero delivering his oration Catiline, from a 19th-century fresco. The senate was the predominant political institution in the Roman republic. The senate's authority derived primarily from custom and tradition. [7] It was also one of the few places in which free political discussion could take ...
At this point, the Senate also granted Octavian the title "augustus" and the position of princeps senatus, or the first Senator. When Augustus, as Octavian was renamed, gave up the consulship in 23 BC, [ 5 ] the Senate granted him an expansion of his proconsular authority, with legal authority at the same level as those of the normal consuls.
The consilium principis (advisers to the princeps) was a council created by the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, in the latter years of his reign to control legislation in the deliberative institution of the Senate. [1] The princeps (from Latin, meaning "first man") was another title for the emperor.
The U.S. Constitution's Section 3 of Article I, establishes the Senate, qualifications for senators and their role after a presidential impeachment.
In classical scholarship, the editio princeps (plural: editiones principes) of a work is the first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts, which could be circulated only after being copied by hand. The following is a list of literature works in languages other than Latin or Greek.
As soon as this occurred, the senate and the magistrates acquiesced. Tiberius' efforts were so successful, that when the senate declared him Princeps, he made his acceptance appear to be a concession to the demands of the senators. [10] Under Tiberius, the power to elect magistrates was transferred from the assemblies to the senate. [11]