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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Forum Pacis governedBy Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Roman Senate (in antiquity)
statue of Trajan commissionedBy Roman Senate
Roman provincial society governedBy Roman Senate
replace Nero with Gaius Calpurnius Piso politicalFaction Roman Senate
subject surface form: Gaius Calpurnius Piso
replace Nero with Gaius Calpurnius Piso governmentBranch Roman Senate
subject surface form: Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Western Roman emperors appointedBy Roman Senate
Lucius Vitellius the Elder memberOf Roman Senate
personified Concordia honoredBy Roman Senate
subject surface form: Concordia
Verus memberOf Roman Senate
subject surface form: Marcus Annius Verus
Gaius Silius memberOf Roman Senate
Venetian Senate influencedBy Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Roman Senate (conceptually)
Aelia family powerBase Roman Senate
Aventine Secession opposedBy Roman Senate
goddess Roma associatedWith Roman Senate
subject surface form: Roma
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius associatedWith Roman Senate
this entity surface form: Senate of Rome
Pupienus electedBy Roman Senate
Pupienus memberOf Roman Senate
Aulus Caecina Severus memberOf Roman Senate
Gordian II memberOf Roman Senate
Gordian I appointedBy Roman Senate
Gordian I supportedBy Roman Senate
Gordian I memberOf Roman Senate
Senate historicalModel Roman Senate
Demetrius I Soter opposedBy Roman Senate
Capitoline Triad associatedWith Roman Senate