This alone ensured that the Senate and its members remained relevant and important. The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries ...

The Late Roman Republic was a period of internal violence and social instability. In response to these crises, the Senate repeatedly passed the senatus consultum ultimum, the ultimate decree of the ...

This alone ensured that the Senate and its members remained relevant and important. The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries ...