Roman Senate

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The Roman Senate was the principal political institution of ancient Rome, composed of aristocratic members who advised magistrates, influenced legislation, and guided state policy throughout the Republic and into the Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory council
deliberative assembly
legislative body
political institution
advised Roman aediles
Roman censors
Roman consuls
Roman dictators
Roman magistrates
Roman praetors
ceremonialRoleInPeriod Principate
linked to: Roman Empire
composedOf senators
continuedInPeriod Roman Empire
controlled assignment of provincial commands
state treasury
couldDeclare senatus consultum ultimum
country Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
emergencyPower authorization of dictatorship
establishedInPeriod Roman Kingdom
governed Roman provinces
guided Roman state policy
hadAuthorityOver foreign policy
provincial administration
public religion
state finances
war and peace decisions
heldDeFactoPower Roman Republic
influenced Roman legislation
influencedBy optimates
populares
issued senatus consultum
languageUsed Latin
laterIncluded plebeians
locatedIn Roman Forum
Rome
lostPowerTo Roman emperors
memberOfClass Roman aristocracy
membershipBasis former magistrates
membershipSelectedBy censors
metAt Curia Julia
playedKeyRoleIn transition from Republic to Empire
precedentFor modern senates
reformedBy Augustus
Julius Caesar
Sulla
religiousFunction consultation of Sibylline Books
oversight of state cults
significantInPeriod Roman Republic
sizeIncreasedTo 600 senators
900 senators
socialClassBasis patricians
supervised public works
state contracts
typeOfAct senatorial decree
typicalSize 300 senators
usedBuilding Curia Cornelia
Curia Hostilia
linked to: Roman Forum

Curia Julia

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Roman Empire legislativeBody Roman Senate
Roman Empire symbol SPQR
linked to: Roman Senate
Roman Republic legislativeBody Roman Senate
Forum Romanum governedBy Roman Senate (in antiquity)
linked to: Roman Senate
Sack of Rome (455) opposingCommander Roman Senate (collective leadership)
subject linked to: Sack of Rome 455 AD
linked to: Roman Senate
Roman Antiquity governmentCenter Roman Senate
Caligula associatedWith Roman Senate
Trajan deifiedBy Roman Senate
Herod the Great appointedBy Roman Senate
Illyricum governingBody Roman Senate
Roman Kingdom legislature Roman Senate
Roman Kingdom hasInstitution Roman Senate
Social War rebelInstitution senate of Italia
linked to: Roman Senate
Cicero ally Senate of the Roman Republic
linked to: Roman Senate
Optimates supportedInstitution Roman Senate
subject linked to: optimates
Julius Caesar reformed Roman Senate
Caesar’s civil war hasBelligerent Roman Senate
Pompey the Great supportedBy Roman Senate
Roman civil wars hasParticipant Roman Senate
Roman emperors hasAuthorityOver Roman Senate
Late Roman Republic legislativeBody Roman Senate
Rostra associatedWith Roman Senate
Temple of Saturn associatedWith Roman Senate
Petronius Maximus memberOf Roman Senate
Curia Cornelia usedBy Roman Senate
Curia Cornelia governingBody Roman Senate
Roman religion regulatedBy Roman Senate
Arch of Constantine builtBy Roman Senate
Romans governedBy Roman Senate
Seneca the Younger memberOf Roman Senate
Claudius Pompeianus affiliation Roman Senate
Kingdom of Odoacer maintained Roman Senate in Rome
linked to: Roman Senate
Ostrogothic Kingdom maintainedInstitution Roman Senate in Rome
linked to: Roman Senate
Avitus opponent Roman Senate
Libius Severus recognizedBy Roman Senate
Antoninus Pius memberOf Roman Senate
Gordian III appointedBy Roman Senate
subject linked to: Emperor Gordian III
Roman magistracy supervisedBy Roman Senate
First Apology audience Roman Senate
Second Apology audience Roman Senate
Sallust expelledFrom Roman Senate
Temple of Cybele associatedWith Roman Senate
Roman priesthoods associatedWith Roman Senate
Capitolium associatedWith Roman Senate