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The Roman senate was a consulting body. They were the ones who debated issues and at times tried high profile court cases. They could not actually pass a law. Laws were passed by the people's assemblies. The government was supposed to work bipartate--SPQR, "the Senate and the Roman People". However, the senate got around this handcuffing of their legislative powers by passing "resolutions" which were adhered to and had the force of law.

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What do roman senates have in common with US senates?

Very little. The Roman senate was not an elected body. Its members came for the the city's oligarchy. It did not vote on bills. This was done directly by the people in popular assemblies. It represented the conservative interests and privileges of the top elites.


Who copied Greek and Roman manuscripts?

Scribes did that job.


My job was to protect the roman emperor. who am i?

You were/are a member of the Praetorian Guard.


The work of the Senate was held in the in Rome?

The Roman senate was an unelected body and it was an advisory body, not a legislative one like modern senates. It members came from the patrician aristocracy and the equites, which were an entrepreneurial elite which was like a lower tier of the aristocracy.


What type of person made up the roman senate?

There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.There were all types of men who made up the Roman senate, just as there are all types of people who are in present day senates or upper houses of parliaments. A Roman senator, however, had to have property and be of upright moral character. (The censors could remove a man from the senate for breach of conduct). Some were men such as Cato the Younger who were true to their beliefs, others were like straws in the wind, backing any candidate for personal advancement.

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