Yes, senate comes from the latin word senatus

Its means "Senate and People of Rome"

Senatus Populusque Romanus means The Senate and People of Rome.

laudo -are (to praise)= app-laud

dignus -a -um (worthy)= dignity

miles, militis (soldier)= military

fortis, forte (brave)= forte

portus, portus (haven, harbour)= port

senatus, senatus (senate)= senator

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In "The Lost Hero" by Rick Riordan, SPQR stands for "Senatus Populusque Romanus," which translates to "The Senate and People of Rome." It is an abbreviation used in ancient Rome to denote the government and people of the city.

SPQR stands for Senatus Populusque Romanus which is Latin for "The Senate and People of Rome."

What your question means is not quite clear. SPQR was the motto of the Roman Republic. The acronym stood for Senatus Populasque Romanus (The Senate and the Roman people).

Senatus is the Latin equivalent of 'Senate'. It's a masculine gender noun. In ancient Rome, it described to a council of elders.

SPQR is "Senatus Populus Que Romanus" in Latin and means "the Senate and the people of Rome" in English.

SPQR is the Latin abbreviation for the phrase Senatus Populusque Romanus, meaning the Senate and Roman People.

Senators could pass Senatus Consultum to advise the Magistrate. In times of crisis, they could invoke Senatus Consultum ultimum, which allowed them to use any means necessary to solve the issue. Though the Roman Senate initially served only as an advisory board to the ruler during Rome's kingdom days, by the time of Rome's Middle Republic, the Senate was at the height of its power.

The motto of Company rule in India is 'Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae'.

In English, SPQR is usually translated to mean "The Senate and the Roman people" However, literally it would be "the senate and the citizen people of Rome". But there is controversy over that letter Q. The letter Q could stand for quirites which means Roman Citizen, or it could stand for que which is a suffix meaning and. So until some old Roman is resurrected and tells us exactly what SPQR means, "The Senate and the Roman People" will have to do.

S.P.Q.R. I supose and hope that it stands for the same thing as in reality : Senatus PopulusQue Romanus in latin The Senat and the People of Rome. Hope i could help

There are dozens of hotels in Istanbul that provide adequate accommodation. Some of these hotels include 'Tashkonak Hotel', 'Sultans Royal Hotel', 'Minel Hotel' and the 'Senatus Hotel'.

Ancient Rome flag was red and had SPQR written on it in yellow. SPQR stoop for Senatus Populus Que Romanus. (The Senate and People of Rome).

The flag of Rome had a red half and a yellow half placed vertically.

SPQR is an initialism or formula for the Latin phrase, Senātus Populusque Rōmānus, meaning "The Senate and the People of Rome." This is a reference to the nation or sovereign entity that was the Roman Republic, and was also used during the Roman Empire to refer to the sovereign state of Rome.

SPQR was the motto of ancient Rome. It was the abbreviated form of senatus poplusque romanus, which translated means the senate and the roman people. The Romans (just to make things difficult for present day Latin students) used the first and sometimes second letter of a word to abbreviate.

Rome had an emperor and a senate. The emperor was "Imperator" or simply "Caesar" to indicate the revered implied bloodline. The senate was "senatus." The ruling body was considered twofold during the republic, as indicated by the Roman Standard of battle, "SPQR." This was "SENATVS ET POPULUSQUE ROMANVS", or "the senate and the people of rome."

Romulus did set up a monarchy. He was the first king of Rome. He set up the senate as his royal advisory body. It was a council of elders. Senatus (senate) was derived from senex, old man. He appointed 100 patres falmilias (heads of the household) from the leading clans of Rome to seat in the senate.

SQRRR is an acronym that stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review. It is a study method used to improve comprehension and retention of information while reading textbooks or academic material.

During the 482-year period of the Roman Republic all the officers of state had the power of veto. Officers of state of the same rank could veto each other's actions and higher officers could veto the actions of lower officers. The plebeian tribunes could veto any officer of state. Both the magistrates and the plebeian tribunes could veto a senatus consultum, which was advice on planned legislation submitter to the senate by consul or praetor.

I have never heard of this cipher. IHS refers to Jesus Lord and savior- or numerous variants. ( Ieusus Hominum Salvator)- Jesus, savior of mankind. The SPQR abbreviation refers to the Roman senate and people. ( Senatus Populusque Romanus) the second word sounds vaguely Polish! ( what Joe Populuski- a politician of democratic leanings ( obviously) Not familiar with IVR. RMI is Regia Marina Italiana- Royal Italian Navy. there are other ciphers but for funerary use, i have never heard of this one. IVR does not sound llike somebody"s initials.

The Roman government did not change in 287 BC. The city was still headed by the two annually elected consuls. It had five types of officers of state who performed executive roles. The senate was still an advisory body and it could still issue decrees. The plebeians had still their own assembly, the plebeian council, and their representatives, the plebeian tribunes.

This year was the year when the Lex Hortensia was issued. The plebeian tribunes had become the main proposed of bills (previously the consuls had been the main proposers) and the plebeian council had become the main body for voting on legislation. The legislation had to be approved by the senate through the senatus consultum, a statement by the senate of the technical validity of the law. Prior to the Lex Hortensia the patrician-controlled senate could reject a law on the grounds of technicalities. This was a means for the senate obstruct laws proposed by the plebeians tribunes it did not like. The Lex ortensia provided for the senatus consultum to be issued before the vote of the bill. This enables the plebeian tribunes to amend their bills if necessary and removed the senate's power to obstruct passed laws. Some historians also said that the law also made the resolutions of the plebeian council (plebiscites) binding on all Roman citizens, including the patricians. Originally the patricians had refused to consider the plebiscites as binding on them. However, previous legislations had already made the plebiscites binding on all Roman citizens. These historians doubt the veracity of these previous laws.

During the 244-year period of the monarchy the senate was the advisory body of the kings. During the 482-year period of the republic it was the advisory body of the consuls, the two annually elected heads of the Republic. It debated matters of policy and issued policy recommendations. When consulted, it issued written advice on the drafting of bills.In the late part of the republican period it also issued a senatus consultum ultimum (final decree of the senate) in times of emergency. It removed limitations on the powers of the consuls to preserve the state at times of rebellions.During the 506-year period of rule by emperors the emperors were absolute rulers and the senate was emasculated. It retained some advisory functions, but it became primarily an instrument of the emperors. As this period progressed, the senate eventually became more and more insignificant.

I do Classical Civilisations at A-level and this is what Ive been taught:

Tiberius Gracchus changed a law so he could be tribune for the second consecutive year which Rome tradition and religion massively disapproved of. The Senate who had been manipulated by Tiberius for a long time thought enough was enough and got people to club him to death in 133BC

Gaius Gracchus wanted to be a 3rd consecutive tribuneship and led a peaceful protest to the senate. But his followers started to get violent and cause anarchy which in Romans eye's is treason because Gaius technically led an armed revolt.

Consequently Lucius Opimius was granted Senatus Consultum Ultimum which essentially gave him the power to do anything for a short period of time. Gaius knew this and got his own slaves to kill him in 121BC, this was very noble thing for a Roman to do; to commit suicide.

The Roman government (in its entire history from founding to fall) was a strange mix of a democracy and a republic. An interesting fact ist that the people of Rome took many of their ideas of government from the Ancient Greeks.

The Roman state was described as the republic (respublica) and its consuls, or chief magistrates, continued to be appointed even after the establishment of one-man rule under the empire, but in its pure form it lasted only until the beginning of the first century B.C.

At the creation of the republic, supreme power probably resided with a popular assembly, but early on the Senate became very influential, and the traditional formula, which survived for centuries, was S.P.Q.R. - Senatus Populusque Romanus - the Roman Senate and People acting together.

Since the Ancient Romans did not want one man to make all of the laws, they decided to balance the power of the government between three branches, there was first the executive branch, then the legislative branch, and finally the judicial branch.

During the 244-year period of the monarchy the senate was the advisory body of the kings. During the 482-year period of the republic it was the advisory body of the consuls, the two annually elected heads of the Republic. It debated matters of policy and issued policy recommendations. When consulted, it issued written advice on the drafting of bills.In the late part of the republican period it also issued a senatus consultum ultimum (final decree of the senate) in times of emergency. It removed limitations on the powers of the consuls to preserve the state at times of rebellions.During the 506-year period of rule by emperors the emperors were absolute rulers and the senate was emasculated. It retained some advisory functions, but it became primarily an instrument of the emperors. As this period progressed, the senate eventually became more and more insignificant.

Princeps means first in time or order; the first man, first person, the most eminent. As the official title of the emperor it is usually translated the First Citizen.

This title was chosen by Augustus as the title king would be offensive to the senators. The title was derived from Princeps Senatus, the first among equals of the Senate, who was the most senior member of the senate and its first member by precedence and who was the first to speak.

Augustus became an absolute ruler, but kept pretence of upholding the institutions and the traditions of the Roman Republic. He called himself as a first among equals to portray himself as a benign ruler who worked in cooperation with the senate. In reality he turned the senate into an instrument for his rule.

The system of imperial rule created by Augustus up to the reign of the emperor Diocletian (285-305 AD) has been called Principate by historians. From Diocletian onward it has been called Dominate. Diocletian dropped the pretence created by Augustus and created a more autocratic system of rule. This term comes from the word dominus which means lord, master.

During the Monarchy the king made the laws. At the beginning of the Republic legislation was proposed by the consuls and voted on by the assemblies. The lex Canuleia of 445 BC marked the beginning of the issuing of laws by the tribunes of the plebeians, who eventually issued most of the laws. In 287 BC, plebiscites, deliberations of the plebeian council, were given the force of law and were applicable to the whole of the Roman people (populus). Initially, these applied only to the plebeians. Praetors, who were like chief justices, could issue edicts to amend laws so as correct and supplement them. Over time,the amendments effectively became like new laws and they created a praetoric body of law parallel to civil law. Eventually, the two were fused into the famous Corpus Juris Civilis. The Senate passed decrees called senatus consulta, as "advice" to a magistrate which did not have legal force, but were usually followed. A law passed by an assembly overrode the senate's consultum if it conflicted with it because the latter's authority was based on precedent and not on law. With the empire, the power of the assemblies was transferred to the senate and the senatus consulta acquired the force of law. The emperor was also a law maker. As the Romans started to apply scientific methods of juridical matters, the treatises of professional jurists became very influential.

The senate was important during the period of the Roman Monarchy (753-509 B.C.) when it was the advisory body of the kings and during the period of the Roman Republic (509-27 B.C.). During the period of rule by emperors (27 B.C.-476 A.D.) the senate lost much of its power. It was turned into an instrument for the emperor's rule.

During the Republic Rome did not have a centralised executive, like a cabinet or an administration. There were five types of executive officers of state and they were all elected annually, except for the censors who were elected every 18 months. This included the consuls, the two heads of the Republic. The senate remained an advisory body, this time for the consuls. It was not an elected body. It was composed of patricians (aristocrats) and former executive officers of state. Its members were enrolled by the censors. It was not a legislative body either. It was a body where matters of policy were discussed and recommendations for the consuls were made. The consuls usually followed it advice. This made the senate the most powerful political body of the Republic. Given that the term of office of officers of state was only one year, the senate provided policy continuity. The senate also supervised the treasurers (the quaestors).

In addition to the above, despite not being a legislative body (in nether drafted bills nor voted on legislation) the senate also issued the senatum consulta, which were texts promulgated by the senate on draft bills presented to the senate by the consuls. They expressed the opinion of the senate on the matters referred and they had only an advisory capacity. In practice the consuls usually followed the consulta to the letter. It was considered normal practice to seek a consultum (singular) prior to submitting a bill to the vote of the popular assemblies. A hostile consultum would lead to a modification of the bill or its abandonment. However, if it conflicted with a passed law, the latter overrode the consultum. Originally the senate could veto approved laws on the grounds of technicalities with the senatum acutoritas. Later a law determined that the senatus acutoritas could only be issued before the vote. In n 287 BC a laws abolished the senatus acutoritas.

Rome's wars of expansion into Italy and beyond increased the power of the senate. It became the body which enabled the co-ordination of the deployment of several armies at the same time and the establishment of Roman colonies (settlements) in the conquered territories. The governors of the Roman provinces (conquered territories) were chosen by the senators from among themselves.

During the period of the Roman Republic, Rome responded to emergencies by appointing a dictator who was an extraordinary officer of state. The word did not have the negative connotation it has now and did not imply despotism. The dictator was appointed by one of the consuls (the two annually elected heads of the Republic) at times of emergency with a very specific mandate which was established by senatorial decree. His term of office was six months. Usually he was appointed to deal with a military emergency when there was a need for the army to be commanded by one man (normally the two annually elected consuls were both commanders of the army) or to be commanded by a man with better military leaderships skills. During the Second Punic War eight men were appointed for the purpose of holding the election of the next consuls (comitiorum habendorum causa) and one man was appointed for the purpose of enrolling new senators (Senatus legendi causa) when many of them died at the battle of Cannae. Prior to the Second Punic War a dictator had been appointed to hold the election of the consuls twelve times. One dictator was appointed to suppress a rebellion (Seditionis sedandae causa).

As an extraordinary officer of state, the dictator was not legally liable for his actions and had an absolute authority which went beyond that of the consuls who were ordinary officers of state and had legal liability for their actions. A dictator could overrule or depose and sentence to death other officers of state. He could rule by decree and change any law, but these lasted only for his term of office. He could also issue new laws without the popular assembly's vote, but these were usually put through a vote. He could punish without trial and was exempt from appeal. He could act without consulting the senate, but he usually did. This practice was stopped (with the exception of two instances in the second Punic war) after the wars in Italy because it was feared that a man with such great power would be dangerous if he was far from Rome. It was replaced by the Senatus consultum ultimum, a senatorial emergency decree that allowed the consuls to act as they saw fit and, at times, by re-electing the same consul when the emergency was protracted, as with Gaius Marius who was elected consul five consecutive times (105-100 BC) to deal with barbarian invasions.

The only exception to the rule that there could only one dictator was in 216 BC after the battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War. Marcus Fabius Buteo was appointed dictator with the mentioned senatus legendi causa mandate. He was appointed because he was the oldest surviving former censor (an officer of state who kept the roll of senators and enrolled new senators). He resigned as soon as he finished revising the roll and enlisting the new senators. The other dictator, Marcus Junius Pera, was appointed with the mandate to fight Hannibal's army and served the full six months of this office.

There were only two exceptions to the six month term of office. Sulla was appointed dictator (legibus faciendis et reipublicae constituendae causa, (for the making of laws and the settling of the constitution) at the end of his war against Marius (82 BC) with an unspecified term of office. He had thousands of his political opponents executed and resigned after one year. This gave the dictatorship a bad name. In 53 BC, the senate, mindful of Sulla' precedent, appointed Pompey sole consul, instead of dictator, to deal with domestic unrest. This made him accountable for his actions at the end of his office. Julius Caesar was appointed dictator four times. The third time he was given a 10-year term and the fourth time he was appointed for life.

During the 482 years of the republic a dictator was appointed 88 times. In total 75 men were appointed dictators.

No-one did. The system of checks and balance of powers of the Roman Republic was restricted to the executive officers of state (the consuls, praetors, censors, aediles and quaestors). Officers of the same rank could veto each other and officers of higher rank could veto officers of lower rank. The Roman senate was not a legislative body. Bills were submitted by the consuls to the vote of the Assembly of the Soldiers or the Assembly of the Tribes (an assembly of the districts) or by the plebeian tribunes who submitted them to the vote of the Plebeian Council. These were popular assemblies. Thus, the people themselves voted on bills. The senators were not elected. They were drawn for the families of the patrician aristocracy or they were former officers of state. The latter automatically became senators for life. It was an advisory body were policy matters were discussed and which provided advice on bills (senatus consultum) and sometimes issued decrees. It also supervised the treasury. On social matters it represented the interests of the aristocracy. With the increase in Roman military activity and imperial expansion it became the most powerful institution of the Republic. This is because it was a body which was capable of co-ordinating the deployment of several legions on several fronts and of organising the administration of the Roman provinces.

He was killed by assassins on December 7th, 43 b.c.e. after being declared an enemy of the state by Mark Antony, who he disliked, and Octavian, the senatus at the time. His last words were said to be, " There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly."

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There really was a Roman emperor named Marcus Aurelius, and he had a son named Commodus, who succeeded him. In contrast to the movie, Marcus named Commodus his successor, rather than Maximus. However, some historians suspect Commodus did have a hand in his father's death. Commodus did not die in the arena. He was killed by a wrestler. After Commodus' death, Rome did not return to a republic as suggested in the movie. General Maximus Decimus Meridius is a fictitious character. There was a general named Avidius Cassius, who fought in the campaign depicted in the film and, upon hearing of Marcus' death, declared himself emperor of Rome. However, his own soldiers assassinated him. Later in Roman history, there was a general named Maximus, who appears to have had revolutionary ideas. Commodus really did have a sister named Lucilla, and, as depicted in the movie, she hated him. Lucilla was married to the co-emperor, Lucius Verus. Lucilla plotted to have Commodus assassinated, but Commodus had her exiled for the plot and later executed. So, unlike what happened in the movie, Commodus outlived his sister. It was another sister, not Lucilla, that Commodus was rumored to have had sexual relations. The tattoo on Maximus' arm reads, "SPQR." The letters relate to an often-used Latin phrase, Senatus Populusque Romanus, which means "the Senate and People of Rome." However, it is highly unlikely a Roman general would have such a tattoo, as tattoos were worn by foreigners and lower-class citizens.

Augustus was the winner of the civil wars which brought down the Roman Republic. The started the period of rule by emperors by establishing himself as an absolute ruler, while pretending to be restoring a republic shattered by the civil wars. Augustus as the winner was in control of the army. The reached a settlement with the senate whereby the senate retained control of the older Roman provinces, which he got control of the border ones. Since most of the legions were stationed in the provinces, this concession still left him in control of the bulk of the army.

Augustus turned the senate into an instrument of his power and emasculated the popular assemblies (which used to elect the officers of state and vote on bills) to the senate. The officers of state were no longer elected and became appointees of the emperor. Augustus controlled governance through the creation of an imperial bureaucracy which carried out his command. He legislated by decree.

Augustus learned from the lesson of Julius Caesar's murder. He was assassinated because he gave the impression of trying to become a king, which made him look an enemy of the republic. Augustus therefore chose the title of princeps, which was derived from the princeps senatus, who was the first member of the senate and acted as a chair. The world roughly means first man and had a "first among equals" connotation and gave a republican veneer to his rule. In reality, he was turning himself into an absolute ruler. He also acted as a restorer of Roman ancestral religion practices which had decayed and presented himself as an upholder of Roman tradition.

There really was a Roman emperor named Marcus Aurelius, and he had a son named Commodus, who succeeded him. In contrast to the movie, Marcus named Commodus his successor, rather than Maximus. However, some historians suspect Commodus did have a hand in his father's death. Commodus did not die in the arena. He was killed by a wrestler. After Commodus' death, Rome did not return to a republic as suggested in the movie. General Maximus Decimus Meridius is a fictitious character. There was a general named Avidius Cassius, who fought in the campaign depicted in the film and, upon hearing of Marcus' death, declared himself emperor of Rome. However, his own soldiers assassinated him. Later in Roman history, there was a general named Maximus, who appears to have had revolutionary ideas. Commodus really did have a sister named Lucilla, and, as depicted in the movie, she hated him. Lucilla was married to the co-emperor, Lucius Verus. Lucilla plotted to have Commodus assassinated, but Commodus had her exiled for the plot and later executed. So, unlike what happened in the movie, Commodus outlived his sister. It was another sister, not Lucilla, that Commodus was rumored to have had sexual relations. The tattoo on Maximus' arm reads, "SPQR." The letters relate to an often-used Latin phrase, Senatus Populusque Romanus, which means "the Senate and People of Rome." However, it is highly unlikely a Roman general would have such a tattoo, as tattoos were worn by foreigners and lower-class citizens.

There really was a Roman emperor named Marcus Aurelius, and he had a son named Commodus, who succeeded him. In contrast to the movie, Marcus named Commodus his successor, rather than Maximus. However, some historians suspect Commodus did have a hand in his father's death. Commodus did not die in the arena. He was killed by a wrestler. After Commodus' death, Rome did not return to a republic as suggested in the movie. General Maximus Decimus Meridius is a fictitious character. There was a general named Avidius Cassius, who fought in the campaign depicted in the film and, upon hearing of Marcus' death, declared himself emperor of Rome. However, his own soldiers assassinated him. Later in Roman history, there was a general named Maximus, who appears to have had revolutionary ideas. Commodus really did have a sister named Lucilla, and, as depicted in the movie, she hated him. Lucilla was married to the co-emperor, Lucius Verus. Lucilla plotted to have Commodus assassinated, but Commodus had her exiled for the plot and later executed. So, unlike what happened in the movie, Commodus outlived his sister. It was another sister, not Lucilla, that Commodus was rumored to have had sexual relations. The tattoo on Maximus' arm reads, "SPQR." The letters relate to an often-used Latin phrase, Senatus Populusque Romanus, which means "the Senate and People of Rome." However, it is highly unlikely a Roman general would have such a tattoo, as tattoos were worn by foreigners and lower-class citizens.

There really was a Roman emperor named Marcus Aurelius, and he had a son named Commodus, who succeeded him. In contrast to the movie, Marcus named Commodus his successor, rather than Maximus. However, some historians suspect Commodus did have a hand in his father's death. Commodus did not die in the arena. He was killed by a wrestler. After Commodus' death, Rome did not return to a republic as suggested in the movie. General Maximus Decimus Meridius is a fictitious character. There was a general named Avidius Cassius, who fought in the campaign depicted in the film and, upon hearing of Marcus' death, declared himself emperor of Rome. However, his own soldiers assassinated him. Later in Roman history, there was a general named Maximus, who appears to have had revolutionary ideas. Commodus really did have a sister named Lucilla, and, as depicted in the movie, she hated him. Lucilla was married to the co-emperor, Lucius Verus. Lucilla plotted to have Commodus assassinated, but Commodus had her exiled for the plot and later executed. So, unlike what happened in the movie, Commodus outlived his sister. It was another sister, not Lucilla, that Commodus was rumored to have had sexual relations. The tattoo on Maximus' arm reads, "SPQR." The letters relate to an often-used Latin phrase, Senatus Populusque Romanus, which means "the Senate and People of Rome." However, it is highly unlikely a Roman general would have such a tattoo, as tattoos were worn by foreigners and lower-class citizens.

Rome first had a monarchy then had a republic. It was much like what the United States has today. Then Julius Ceasar gained control and had the senate vote him in as a ruler with absolute power. This then switched Rome from a republic to an empire.

The ancient Roman senate was nothing like our present day senates. Only the name is identical. It was not an elected body and it was not a legislative body either. The Roman senate was originally a body of aristocrats (patricians) who were appointed by the king and advised the kings during the period of the Roman Monarchy. During the period of the Roman Republic the senate was still an advisory body, but for the consuls, the two annually elected heads of the Republic. Over time, it also came to include former executive officers of state who automatically received a seat in the senate for live. This gave access to the senate to wealthy non-patricians who had gained the right to be elected for the offices of state. The senators were enrolled by an official called the censor on the basis of wealth and suitability of character.

During the Roman Republic, the senate was a body where matters of policy were discussed and policy recommendations for the consuls were made. The consuls usually followed it advice. This made the senate the most powerful political body of the Republic. Moreover, the Roman executive did not have a centralised form of government, like an administration or a cabinet. There were five types of officers of state who acted independently within the remit of their offices. In addition to this, , their term of office was only one year, apart from the censor, whose term of office was 18 months. Therefore, the senate provided both policy consistency and policy continuity and was the centrepiece of policy formulation. The senate also supervised the treasurers (the quaestors) and advised the Assembly of the Soldiers before it voted on war or peace.

Rome's wars of expansion into Italy and beyond increased the power of the senate. It became the body which enabled the co-ordination of the deployment of several armies at the same time and the establishment of Roman colonies (settlements) in the conquered territories. It was responsible for tax collection in the Roman provinces (conquered territories). The governors of the provinces were chosen by the senators from among themselves by lot. The drawback of the latter was that it allowed the provincial governors to treat their provinces as their personal fiefs and personal power bases.

In addition to the above, despite not being a legislative body (it nether drafted bills nor voted on legislation) the senate also issued the senatum consulta, which were texts promulgated by the senate on draft bills presented to the senate by the consuls. . It was considered normal practice to seek a consultum (singular) prior to submitting a bill to the vote of the popular assemblies. The consulta expressed the opinion of the senate on the matters referred and they had only an advisory capacity. In practice the consuls usually followed the consulta to the letter. A hostile consultum would lead to a modification of the bill or its abandonment. However, if it conflicted with a passed law, the latter overrode the consultum. Originally the senate could veto approved laws on the grounds of technicalities with the senatum acutoritas. Later a law determined that the senatus acutoritas could only be issued before the vote. In n 287 BC a laws abolished the senatus acutoritas.

During the period of rule by emperors, the senate became little more than a rubber stamp for the emperor.