No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
Initially it was the Patricians, however as the Plebs gained influence and wealth, they soon came to an arrangement where they had a share in the magistracy, and as the annual senior magistrates became and remained members of the Senate, the plebeians took an increasing share of its membership as the years passed. This was accentuated by the institution of Tribune of the Plebs which added another 10 to the Senate each year.
The civil wars of the First Century BCE took their toll on the Patrician class, to the extent that they ceased to be a significant political element, and being a Patrician subsided to an honorific title.
No specific group chose the Roman senate because the Roman senate, for the most part was not an elected body. Do not confuse the Roman senate with our present day senates-- the name is the same but that is all. To become an elected member of the senate a man had to be chosen for a political office such as tribune, quaestor, etc. Automatic entrance to the senate was a perk of these offices. However the majority of the senators were appointed either by their peers or in later times, the emperors. To be appointed by one's peers, a man had to be of good moral character, come from a good family and be worth at least one million sesterces. This monetary requirement was perhaps the most important, because the common thinking was that a wealthy man had much more to lose than a poorer one in case of a political disaster, so they were the ones who would look out for the state in the best possible way.
the group of men who were elected were icinigna group
The commoners elected the Consuls and the Senators elected the Preators from those Aediles that stood for the office of Preator.
the plebians
Yes patricians could vote. All male Roman citizens could vote.
Please clarify what you mean by "daily citizens".
Rome.
The voting rights in Ancient Rome were only citizen, patritians, could vote. also the the other only people who couldn't vote were women and young girls.
1948
Yes patricians could vote. All male Roman citizens could vote.
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Citizens.
Citizens of ancient Rome wore togas.
no
Ancient Rome had a political system of direct democracy, meaning all citizens that wanted to participate in politics/voting could come to the place that was decided upon to meet at and they'd debate, being able to vote wasn't a matter of as as much as it was a matter of gender. In Ancient Rome any male citizen could vote and participate in politics. You had to be a true roman however, you could not be a slave, both of your parents had to be true Roman citizens. Senators were voted and elected and Rome even had a system where they'd vote out a politician that the citizens believed would amount to too much power, the politician voted out would be exiled from Rome for 10 years, this prevented corruption within Romes government in the beginning, this practice was stopped after awhile.
Please clarify what you mean by "daily citizens".
Only citizens had a vote.
Ancient Roman citizens were expected to support the Roman government. That was true in the days of Rome's Republic and also true in the days of the Princeps. Citizens were expected to pay taxes where applicable. Romans were expected to raise their children with respect and to teach them to also be loyal to whatever type of government ruled Rome. Where there were opportunities to vote, citizens were expected to do so. In the ancient world the power to vote was a valuable one and the ancient Greeks also exercised that as well, but few other kingdoms or empires had this right.
citizens
The women of ancient Rome were never allowed to vote nor to hold public office.
Yes, they did.