And the Senate decreed that the route of the ... The clearest example of this is the costume of Jupiter, through which Roman generals, by wearing it in their triumphal processions, could suggest ...

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 ...

He has a flair for hyperbole and a penchant for wrapping mundane aspects of policy-making in the costumes ... the floor of the Senate to deliver a speech worthy of the great Roman orator Cicero ...

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 ...