At the time of the rift between Octavian and Marc Antony, there were 600 members of the Senate. The headcount of the senators generally hovered around that number during the Empire. Julius Caesar had increased the number from 600 to 900 during his rule.
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The number of senators changed over the course of the Republic, but at the end of the Republic there were 600 senators.
The U.S. senate has 50 members. The ancient Roman senate had at least 600 members. But remember the senate of ancient Rome was not a legislative body as the U.S. senate. The Roman senate was basically a consulting body.
The people who were members of the Senate, and by association, their relatives.
The Roman senators were mainly members, though not exclusively, of the patrician aristocracy.
There are currently 100 Senate representatives, and 435 members of the House of Representatives.
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