Roman Senate

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advisory council deliberative assembly legislative body political institution

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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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Roman Senate canonical 162
Senate of Rome 3
Roman Senate (in antiquity) 2

Statements (58)

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 Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Principate
composedOf senators ⓘ
continuedInPeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
controlled assignment of provincial commands ⓘ
state treasury ⓘ
couldDeclare senatus consultum ultimum ⓘ
country Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
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 ⓘ
Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Roman Forum ⓘ
surface form: Curia Hostilia

Curia Julia ⓘ

Referenced by (184)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Empire → legislativeBody → Roman Senate ⓘ
Roman Empire → symbol → Roman Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPQR
Roman Republic → legislativeBody → Roman Senate ⓘ
Forum Romanum → governedBy → Roman Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Senate (in antiquity)
Sack of Rome 455 AD → opposingCommander → Roman Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Sack of Rome (455)
this entity surface form: Roman Senate (collective leadership)
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 → Roman Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: senate of Italia
Cicero → ally → Roman Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Roman Republic
optimates → supportedInstitution → Roman Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: 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 ⓘ
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) → hasOpposingCommander → Roman Senate ⓘ
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) → opposedBy → 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 ⓘ
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus → memberOf → Roman Senate ⓘ
Kingdom of Odoacer → maintained → Roman Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Senate in Rome
Ostrogothic Kingdom → maintainedInstitution → Roman Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Senate in Rome
Avitus → opponent → Roman Senate ⓘ
Lucius Aemilius Paullus → politicalEntity → Roman Senate ⓘ
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus → memberOf → Roman Senate ⓘ
Libius Severus → recognizedBy → Roman Senate ⓘ
Antoninus Pius → memberOf → Roman Senate ⓘ
Emperor Gordian III → appointedBy → Roman Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Gordian III
Ptolemy VI Philometor → restoredToThroneBy → Roman Senate ⓘ
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 ⓘ