Senate of the Roman Empire
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The Senate of the Roman Empire was a political institution in the ancient Roman Empire. After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the R
The Curia Julia in the Roman Forum, the seat of the imperial Senate
Bronze doors of the ancient Roman senate taken from the Roman Forum, restored and placed in 1660 in the Lateran Basilica.
Roman Senate
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The Roman Senate was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout its existence, it lasted from the first days of the city of Rome as the
Senate of the Roman Empire
…was a political institution in the ancient Roman Empire. After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the Roman Emperor. Beginning with the first emperor, Augustus, the Emperor and the Senate were technically two co-equal branches of government. In…
The "Togatus Barberini", a statue depicting a Roman senator holding the imagines (effigies) of deceased ancestors in his hands. Marble, late 1st century BC. Head, not belonging: mid-1st century BC
The Palazzo Senatorio, originally built to house the revived Senate during the Roman Commune period