WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Senate, Rome’s legislature, was a group of 300 Patrician men, each of whom served the Republic for life. By the 200s B.C. Senators debated foreign policy, proposed laws, and approved the construction of roads and temples.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Senate was a group of 300 patricians elected by patricians. The senators served for life. They also appointed other government officials and served as judges. Two elected leaders, called consuls, shared command of the army.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word “patrician” comes from the Latin “patres”, meaning “fathers”, and these families provided the empire’s political, religious, and military leadership. Most patricians were wealthy landowners from old families, but the class was open to a chosen few who had been deliberately promoted by the emperor.

Detailed explanation-4: -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 politics and government.