The Roman Senate started life as an advisory council, filled entirely with patricians. In the last two centuries of the republic, however, it had become much more powerful and a major player in ...

In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens. But the senators were fighting for power between themselves. Order had given way to ...

According to the law of the Roman Republic, any provincial governor leading ... Alarmed by his growing power, the Senate ordered Caesar to set aside his command. Caesar had no intention of obeying ...

Toronto is now in the phase of the Senate when it was being ignored. No emperors in the city of Rome to taunt senators.

BCE, ancient Rome witnessed one of the most infamous betrayals in history, the assassination of Julius Caesar. Known as the ...

Oh, I’ll leave them to convince you. The two most powerful people in the senate were the consuls. Every year, the citizens of the Roman Republic voted for who they wanted to be consul.