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 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

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Herodes Atticus memberOf Roman Senate
Ara Pacis Augustae commissionedBy Roman Senate
Marcus Atius Balbus politicalSystem Roman Senate
college of pontiffs associatedWith Roman Senate
subject surface form: College of Pontiffs
duumviri navales subordinateTo Roman Senate
Lucius Marcius Philippus isPartOf Roman Senate
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) addressee Roman Senate
subject surface form: In Catilinam
Philippicae associatedWithPerson Roman Senate
Catiline enemyOf Roman Senate
Catiline condemnedBy Roman Senate
Tiberius Gracchus conflictWith Roman Senate
Marcus Junius Brutus supported Roman Senate
Lex Titia affectedInstitution Roman Senate
Diviciacus of the Aedui metWith Roman Senate
Gaius Cassius Longinus memberOf Roman Senate
Cisalpine Gaul usedBy Roman Senate
Theoderic the Great maintained Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Roman Senate in Italy
Roman state hasInstitution Roman Senate
Optimates favoredInstitution Roman Senate
Pompeian faction baseOfOperations Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Senate of Rome
Titus Labienus associatedWith Roman Senate
Mutina campaign belligerent Roman Senate
Mutina campaign supportedBy Roman Senate
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus member of Roman Senate
Lucius Licinius Lucullus ally Roman Senate
Curia Hostilia governingBody Roman Senate
Temple of Concord associatedWith Roman Senate
Comitium usedBy Roman Senate
Graecostasis associatedWith Roman Senate
Roman triumphs grantedBy Roman Senate
aerarium Saturni supervisedBy Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Senate of Rome
aerarium Saturni supervisedBy Roman Senate
Bocchus I soughtAllianceWith Roman Senate
Roman emperor Aurelian memberOf Roman Senate
subject surface form: Aurelian
Faustina the Elder deifiedBy Roman Senate
Roman state treasury managedBy Roman Senate
Aedes Castoris associatedWith Roman Senate
Aemilia Paulla politicalSphere Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Roman Republican aristocracy
Classical Latin usedBy Roman Senate
College of Augurs associatedWith Roman Senate