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The Roman Senate: 1,000 Years of Power and Decline
Lucas and Luna explore the Roman Senate, tracing its evolution from a council of patrician elders under the kings to the dominant political force of the Republic, then its long decline under the emperors. They discuss the Senate's role in declaring war, managing provinces, and controlling state finances, as well as key turning points like the senatus consultum ultimum against the Catilinarian conspiracy, the proscriptions of Sulla and the Second Triumvirate, and the gradual loss of power under Augustus, Tiberius, and later emperors. Lucas explains how the Senate could still sometimes…
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