The Forum Romanum with the Curia/Senate building at the back left, and the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina back centre (covered with scaffolding). This was the heart of Rome. With all of this wealthy and illustrious background, however, what kind of life did Herodes Atticus lead? What sor...
5. Domus Tiberiana Recently reopened to the public after being closed to visits for more than 50 years, the Domus Tiberiana is the latest exciting addition to the sites included on the special SUPER ticket at the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Although the massive imperial residence is named ...
Optimates were a traditionalist majority of the late Roman Republic. They wished to limit the power of the popular assemblies and the Tribune of the Plebeians, and to extend the power of the Senate, which was viewed as more dedicated to the interests of the aristocrats. In particular, they...
During the Republican period, the Romans were governed by annually elected magistrates, the two consuls being the most important among them, and the Senate, which was the ruling body of the state. Eventually the system broke down and civil wars ensued between 100 and 42 B.C.E. The wars ...
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Ancient Rome - The Roman Senate and the urban magistracies: Augustus regarded the Senate, whose leading member (princeps senatus) he had become in 28, as a body with important functions; it heard fewer overseas embassies than formerly, but otherwise its
While some of the republic's institutions, such as the senate, continued to function after 27 B.C., their powers were much reduced. Power instead became focused on Augustus and his successors. Pax Romana Modern-day historians sometimes use the phrase "Pax Romana" (Roman Peace) to describe ...
His yearly festival, the Bacchanalia, would get so out of hand that the Roman senate passed laws to contain it, on pain of death. A couple sources I found on it claim that the whole thing was exaggerated and that the anti-Bacchanalia laws might have been less about Roman raves and more...
while he accused the Senate of embezzling public money. He was charged with aspiring to kingly power, and condemned by the comitia, but not until the assembly had adjourned to a place outside the walls, where they could no longer see the Capitol which he had saved. The Senate condemned hi...
The painting depicts the execution of the consul's son for disobeying a standing order while in combat against the Latins.(more) The two consuls (who had come to replace the king) were primarily generals whose task it was to lead Rome’s armies in war. In times of military emergency, ...