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The Roman aristocracy became obsessed with individual power, and their contests descended from political rivalry to civil war. After failed attempts by Sulla and Julius Caesar to use dictatorial power to restrain the infightiing, Augustus established a partnership with the Senate, and kept reserve powers to ensure that he had both over-riding control, and control of the army to enforce it as necessary.
As the Plebian Assembly came to the point of electing the Tribunes, it became by 339 BC the most powerful element in the ancient Roman republic. It is important to note that the Senate at this time was facing a decline in power. As an example of this, the former power of the Senate to veto measures passed by the Assemly was taken away.
During the republic form of government, the selecting of officials was in the hands of the people. During the form of government called the empire, the officials were appointed by the emperor, or, if voting were allowed, the emperor's man always won.
The senate during the early republican phase was powerful because it was completely ruled by the patrician class which was a group of the most influential, wealthy and descendants of nobility. During the later stage of the republic the senate was the seat of power because it held th emajority of power as well as land through the use of latifundia. As well as this it organised the armys which held the power in Rome. During the empire stage the senate had very little actual power. This is because the emperors had slowly taken away those rights and taken the powers for themselves.
The people that have that kind of power was the senate which at the time had basic control over everything since they did all the voting. except when ceasr was in power he gave himself absolute power over everyone and did everything that he wanted. But when he had been killed his adopted son went into to the leadership roll who was Augustus but he didn't want to make the same mistake his father made so he did what the senate wanted him to do which made them give him complete power but he did not ask for this he just waited for them to give it to him. So yes the senate has all of the power in Rome if you go by this.
Ancient Rome had a republic. They had a Senate, A Consul, and Representatives they also had a monarch and an empire that had an emperor that was given advice by a senate with no important power
In the ancient Roman Empire, the central power was the Emperor. During the Republic, power was more dispersed. The Senate had considerable power but that was modified by the Tribunes, elected by the plebeians, and by tradition.
These are two different terms. A republic is a system of government; an empire is a group of countries under one control. Rome was an empire long before it had an emperor - the republic ruled an empire covering half of Europe.from Spain to Greece. The republic was a limited democracy ruled by the Senate, The next phase did away with the limited democracy and for 200 years became a power-sharing arrangement between emperor and senate.
Before this question can be answered, the "empire" must be defined. Ancient Rome was an empire under the republican form of government. During the republic, the senate made the decisions. Under the principate, which many people call the "Roman empire" because the leader was called an emperor, the senate was merely a rubber stamp to the emperor's wishes. About all the power they really had was to bestow honors on men.
Boys were taught discipline as many were to eventually become soldiers. They changed into a empire.
Julius Caesar is the military leader and the dictator who transformed the roman republic into an roman empire. He assumed total power after transforming the republic into the empire.
1st. it's not roman its Rome.2nd. there were 2 councils and the Senate would elect a dictator in do or die times. This is how Caesar gained power and started the roman empire from the roman republic.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was murdered because a faction of the senate thought that he was undermining the republic by amassing too much power.
The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.The senate and the elected officials held much less power under the emperors than they held under the republic.
At the beginning of the Roman Republic the patricians monopolised political power by monopolising the consulship (the office of the two annually elected heads of the Republic), the senate and the priesthoods.
The Roman aristocracy became obsessed with individual power, and their contests descended from political rivalry to civil war. After failed attempts by Sulla and Julius Caesar to use dictatorial power to restrain the infightiing, Augustus established a partnership with the Senate, and kept reserve powers to ensure that he had both over-riding control, and control of the army to enforce it as necessary.