6 sentences with 'senate'

Example sentences and phrases with the word senate and other words derived from it.

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« To serve in the imperial senate required an annual income of 1,000,000 sesterces (the basic currency of the empire). »
« There were about a hundred patrician families, descendants of the men Romulus had supposedly appointed to the first senate. »
« The wealthy were called patricians, families with ancient roots in Rome who held most of the seats in the senate and judiciary in the city. »
« When Augustus died in 14 CE, his stepson Tiberius (r. 14 - 37 CE) became emperor. Although it was possible that the senate might try to reassert its power, there was no political will to do so. »
« In a sense, Roman expansion (and especially the brutal wars against Carthage) had united the Romans; despite their constant political battles within the assemblies and senate, there had never been any real bloodshed. »
« He adopted a Caligula-like preoccupation with self-glorification (like Caligula, he insisted on being called "dominus et deus") and liked to appear before the senate in the armour of a Roman commander returning from victory. »

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